YEDID NEFESH

Beloved of the Soul

YEDID NEFESH

Beloved of the soul, merciful FatherYedid nefesh, Av harachaman
Draw Your servant to Your willMeshoch avdecha el retzonecha
Let Your servant run like a deerYarutz avdecha kemo ayal
To bow to Your splendorYishtachave el mul hadarecha
For Your beloved delights in YouKi ye’erav lo yedidutecha
More than honey and all tasteMinofet tsuf vechol ta’am

Glorious beauty, the light of the world, my soul is sick with love for YouHadur naeh ziv haolam nafshi cholat ahavatecha
Please, God, heal her, by showing her Your pleasantnessAna el na rifa na lah beharot lah noam zivcha
Then she will be strengthened and healed, and she will be a source of world's joyAz titchazek vetitrapeh vehaytah lah sifchat olam

Please, have mercy and cover with compassion the son of Your belovedVatik iehemu nah rachamecha vechussá na al ben ohavach
For how much I have longed, I have yearned to see in beauty and strengthKi zeh kama nichsuf nichsafti lirot betiferet uzechá
Please, my God, delight of my heart, hasten, please, and do not hideAna Eli machmad libi chushah na ve al titalam

Reveal, please, and spread, my dear, over me the shelter of Your peaceHaguilah na ufrus chavivi alai et sukat shelomecha
Illuminate the earth with Your glory, rejoice and be glad in herTa’air eretz mikvodecha naguilah venismechah bach
Hasten, my beloved, for the time has come, and comfort me as in days of oldMaher ahuv ki va moed vechaneni kimei olam