Tsam’ah nafshi 1 d ¨` §n¨v My soul thirsts for God, the living God.
i ¦W §t©p d ¨` §n¨v
` i ¦W §t©p d ¨` §n ¨v .i ¨g l ¥` §l mi ¦Grl`¥l
My heart and flesh sing praise to the God ever living.
:i ¨g l ¥` §l Ep §p ©x §i i ¦x ¨U §aE i ¦A ¦l a .i ¦p«¨` i ©g x ©n ¨` §e .i ¦p«¨` ¨x §A c ¨g¤` l ¥` :i ¨g ¨e m ¨c ¨` ¨d i ¦p«©` §x ¦i `rl i ¦M ...i ¦A ¦l b .d ¨O¦f §n ¦aE d ¨v¥r §A .d ¨n §kÇog §A lrk ` ¨x ¨A :i ¨gÎlÇok i¥pi¥r ¥n d ¨n §l¤r¤p cr` §n ...i ¦A ¦l c .w ¨C w ¨a ¨` §l l ©W §n¦p .w ¨C ©h §v ¦i d¤f i ¦n :i ¨gÎlÇok Li«¤p ¨t §l w ©C §v ¦i `rl i ¦M z ¤n¡` ...i ¦A ¦l
2 Our creator is One, who said: ‘As I live, none can behold Me and remain among the living.’ My heart ... 3 All is made by God’s plan, by God’s wisdom and thought, deeply hidden from the eyes of the living. My heart ... 4 How can we who are likened to dust plead our cause? Truly none can be just in the world of the living. My heart ... 5 I thank and praise You, together with all who acclaim You, for Your hand is ever open to satisfy all living. My heart and flesh sing praise to the God ever living.
d .L «¤c£g©i §Y d ¤RÎlÇoM .L «¤Fred£` lrM l©r :i ¨gÎlÇok §l ©ri«¦A §U ©nE .L «¤c¨iÎz ¤` ©g«¥]reR
:i ¨g l ¥` §l Ep §p ©x §i i ¦x ¨U §aE i ¦A ¦l
Abraham ibn Ezra `xfrÎoa` mdxa` 1 d ¨` §n ¨v Tsam’ah nafshi leilohim l’eil chai, libbi uv’sari y’ran’nu l’eil chai. 2 Eil echad b’ra’ani v’amar chai ani, ki lo yir’ani ha–adam vachai. Libbi ... 4 Mi zeh yitstaddak, nimshal l’avak dak, emet ki lo yitsdak l’fanecha chol chai. Libbi ... 5 Al kol ahodecha, kol peh t’yachadecha, potei’ach et yadecha umasbi’a l’chol chai. Libbi uv’sari y’ran’nu l’eil chai. i ¦W §t©p d ¨` §n¨v My soul thirsts ... 3 Bara chol b’chochmah, b’eitsah uvim’zimmah, m’od ne’elmah mei’einei chol chai. Libbi ...
thirsting to be with God is derived from Psalm 63:2. It contains the kabbalistic idea that though God has created the world in wisdom, the ultimate meaning is hidden from human beings.
One of the more solemn of the Shabbat table songs, it is ascribed to the mediaeval Biblical scholar Abraham ibn Ezra, based on the initial letters of each line of the full version. The image of soul, heart and flesh
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