VERSES OF SONG
1 i ¦w£g ©U Sachaki sachaki al ha–chalomot, zu ani ha–choleim sach, sachaki ki va–adam a’amin, ki odenni ma’amin bach. 2 Ki od nafshi d’ror sho’efet, lo m’chartiha l’eigel paz, ki od a’amin gam ba–adam, gam b’rucho, ru’ach az. 3 Sachaki ki gam b’rei’ut a’amin, a’amin ki od emtsa leiv, leiv tikvotai gam tikvotav, yachush osher yavin k’eiv. 4 A’aminah gam be–atid, af im yirchak zeh ha–yom, ach bo yavo – yis’u shalom, az uv’rachah l’om mill’om. 5 Yashuv yifrach az gam ammi, uva–arets yakum dor, barzel k’valav yusar mennu, ayin b’ayin yir’eh or.
Shachar avakkesh’cha x ©g «©W Every dawn I seek You my refuge and might, set my prayer before You each morning and night. Here before Your greatness I stand so afraid, for my innermost thoughts to You are displayed. Whatever can tongue say or heart hope to be! What is even the strength of life within me! But since everyone’s singing is pleasing to You, while You give me Your breath I thank You anew.
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Solomon ibn Gabirol lexiab oa` dnly x ©g «©W Shachar avakkesh’cha, tsuri umisgabbi, e’eroch l’fanecha shachari v’gam arbi. Lifnei g’dullat’cha e’emod v’ebbaheil, ki ein’cha tir’eh kol machsh’vot libbi. Mah zeh asher yuchal ha–leiv v’ha–lashon la’asot, umah ko’ach ruchi b’toch kirbi. Hinneih l’cha titav zimrat enosh, al kein od’cha b’od tih’yeh nishmat elo’ah bi.
to or within the ‘Morning Blessings’, in both Ashkenazi and Sephardi traditions. By focusing on the poet’s desire to lay his prayer before God it helps create a mood for
L §W¤T ©a£` x ©g«©W Every dawn I seek You ... Attributed to Solomon ibn Gabirol (1021–1056), this poem became a regular addition to the morning service, either prior
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