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Text, Translation and Transliteration

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סידור אשכנז, שבת, קבלת שבת, ידיד נפש

יְדִיד נֶפֶשׁ אָב הָרַחֲמָן, מְשֹׁךְ עַבְדָּךְ אֶל רְצוֹנָךְ.
יָרוּץ עַבְדָּךְ כְּמוֹ אַיָּל, יִשְׁתַּחֲוֶה מוּל הֲדָרָךְ.
כִּי יֶעֱרַב לוֹ יְדִידוּתָךְ מִנֹּפֶת צוּף וְכָל טַעַם.

הָדוּר נָאֶה זִיו הָעוֹלָם, נַפְשִׁי חוֹלַת אַהֲבָתָךְ.אָנָּא אֵל נָא רְפָא נָא לָהּ בְּהַרְאוֹת לָהּ נֹעַם זִיוָךְ. אָז תִּתְחַזֵּק וְתִתְרַפֵּא וְהָיְתָה לָךְ שִׁפְחַת עוֹלָם.וָתִיק יֶהֱמוּ רַחֲמֶיךָ וְחוּס נָא עַל בֵּן אוֹהֲבָךְ
כִּי זֶה כַּמֶּה נִכְסֹף נִכְסַף לִרְאוֹת בְּתִפְאֶרֶת עֻזָּךְ.
אָנָּא אֵלִי מַחְמַד לִבִּי חוּשָׁה נָא וְאַל תִּתְעַלָּם.

הִגָּלֶה נָא וּפְרוֹשׂ, חָבִיב, עָלַי אֶת סֻכַּת שְׁלוֹמָךְ.תָּאִיר אֶרֶץ מִכְּבוֹדָךְ, נָגִילָה וְנִשְׂמְחָה בָּךְ.מַהֵר, אָהוּב, כִּי בָא מוֹעֵד, וְחָנֵּנִי כִּימֵי עוֹלָם.

Siddur Ashkenaz, Shabbat, Kabbalat Shabbat, Yedid Nefesh

Beloved of my soul, Merciful Father,
Draw your servant after your will

Your servant would run swift as a deer,
To kneel before Your splendor

For Your love is sweeter to him,
Than honey nectar and all pleasing savor

Exalted Glorious Beautiful Light of the World, My soul is love-sick for YouPlease My God, please heal her, By showing her the beauty of Your radianceThen she will be strengthened and healed, And be Your maidservant forever

Ancient One arouse Your mercy,
Spare the son of Your beloved friend

For he has a long time longed,
To behold the magnificence Your might

Please My God My Heart's Delight,
Oh come quickly do nor forsake me

Reveal Yourself my dearest, And spread over me Your canopy of peaceLet the earth be illuminated with Your glory, Let us be delighted and rejoice in YouMake haste my beloved for the time has come, Show me Your favor as in the days of old(Translation of the original test from the Piyyut website.)

Transliteration

Yedid nefesh av harachaman
Meshoch avdach el retzonach
Yarutz avdach kemo ayal
Yishtachaveh el mul hadarach
Ki ye'erav lo yedidutach
Minofet tzuf vechol ta'am

Hadur na'eh ziv haolamNafshi cholat ahavatachAna el na refa na laBehar'ot la noam zivach Az titchazek vetitrapehVehayta lach shifchat olam

Vatik yehemu rachamecha
Vechusa na al ben ahuvach
Ki zeh chameh nichsof nichsaf
Lirot betif'eret uzach
Ana eli machmad libi
Chussa na ve'al titalam

Higaleh na u'fros havivAlai et sukkat shelomachTair eretz mikevodachNagila venismecha vach Maher ahuv ki va moedVechonenu kimei olam

Original Manuscript

Our music for Yedid Nefesh is set to the original text, which has been slightly corrupted over the generations. Here is an original manuscript in the author's handwriting. (Credit: JTS Library)

Method

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Research

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