SONGS FOR WELCOMING SHABBAT
Some congregations begin the service here:
Y’did nefesh 1 ci ¦c §i Beloved of the soul, source of mercy, draw Your servant to do Your will, to run to You swift as a hart, to bow down low before Your majesty, finding Your love sweeter than the honeycomb and every tempting savour. 2 Exquisitely beautiful
W¤t«¤p ci ¦c §i
` W¤t«¤p ci ¦c §i o ¨n£g ©x ¨d a ¨` .L §Srev §x l ¤` L §C §a©r KreW §n l¨I ©` ren §M L §C §a©r uEx¨i .L §x ¨c£d lEn l ¤` d ¤e£g ©Y §W ¦i Li«¤]reci ¦c §i rel a ©x¡r¤i :m ©r«¨hÎlÇok §e sEv z¤t «rP ¦n a ¨d m ¨Orer ¨d ei ¦f d ¤`¨p xEc .L §z ¨a£d ©` z©Oreg i ¦W §t©p D¨l `¨p ` ¨t §x `¨p l ¥` `¨P ¨` .L §ei ¦f m ©r «rp D¨l zre` §x ©d §A ` ¥R ©x §z ¦z §e w¥G ©g §z ¦Y f ¨` :m ¨Orer z ©g §n ¦U D¨l d ¨z §i ¨d §e b ¨e L«¤n£g ©x `¨p En¡d¤i wi ¦z .L §aEd£` o ¥A l ©r `¨p d ¨qEg §e i ¦Y §t«¨q §k ¦p sreq §k ¦p d ¨O ©M d¤f i ¦M .L§G ªr z ¤x«¤` §t ¦z §A zre` §x ¦l i ¦A ¦l d ¨c §n ¨g d¤N«¥` :m ¥N ©r §z ¦Y l ©` §e `¨p d ¨qEg §e
is the splendour of the world. My soul pines for Your love. O God, heal it, I pray You, by showing it the delight of Your splendour, then will it grow strong and be healed and rejoice evermore. 3 O mighty One! Manifest Your mercies and have compassion upon Your beloved child. For oh how long have I been consumed with longing to behold the triumph of Your might! These things my heart desires, take pity and hide not Yourself.
<<<
1 ci ¦c §i Y’did nefesh av ha–rachaman, m’shoch avd’cha el r’tson’cha. Yaruts avd’cha k’mo ayal, yishtachaveh el mul hadar’cha, ye’erav lo y’didotecha, minofet tsuf v’chol ta’am. 2 Hadur na’eh ziv ha–olam, nafshi cholat ahavat’cha. Anna eil na r’fa na lah, b’har’ot lah no’am ziv’cha. Az titchazeik v’titrappei, v’hay’tah lah simchat olam. 3 Vatik yehemu na rachamecha, v’chusah na al bein ahuv’cha, ki zeh kammah nichsof nichsafti, lir’ot b’tif’eret uzz’cha. Eilleh cham’dah libbi, v’chusah na v’al tit’alleim
his Beloved fills it with expressions of love for God. But his personal desire embraces the hope that the whole world will come to rejoice in the light that comes from God. The acrostic spells out dedi , God’s name.
W¤t«¤p ci ¦c§i Beloved of the soul ... Rabbi Eliezer Azikri composed this poem, strongly based on kabbalistic traditions, in the sixteenth century. The poet who is consumed by longing to be ever closer to
Made with FlippingBook - Online catalogs