Y'did Nefesh
CD Title: Lullabies & Love Songs
Artist: Tanja Solnik
Transliteration:
Y'did nefesh av harachaman
M'shoch avdach el r'tzonach
Yarutz avdach k'mo ayal
Yishtachave mul hadarach
Ki ye'rav lo y'didutach
Minofet tzuf v'chol ta'am
Beloved of my soul, merciful Father
Draw Your servant to Your will
Your servant will leap like a gazelle
Will bow before Your glory
Because Your grace is sweeter
Than the sweetest of honey and the choicest of flavorshadur na'e ziv ha'olam
Magnificent, splended, glory of the world
Nafshi cholat ahavatach
Ana El na r'fa na la
B'har'ot la no'am zivach
Az titchazek v'titrape
V'haita la shifchat olam
My soul aches for Your love
Please, gracious G-d, heal my soul
By showing it the tenderness of Your glory
My soul then will be strengthened and healed
And it will be your eternal servantVatik yehmu rachamecha
Eternal, let Your mercy be aroused
V'chus na al ben ohavach
Ki ze kame nichsof nichsaf
Lir'ot bitif'eret uzach
Ana Eli machmad libi
Chusha na v'al tit'alam
And please have compassion on the descendents of those who loved You
Because this is what we have yearned and struggled for
To see the beauty of Your strength
Please, my G-d, my heart's desire
Hasten, and do not forsake meHigale na uf'ros chaviv
Reveal, and tenderly spread over me
Alai et sukat shlomach
Ta'ir eretz mik'vodach
Nagila v'nism'cha bach
Maher ahuv ki va mo'ed
V'choneni kime olam
The shelter of Your peace
The earth will be illuminated with Your glory
We will rejoice and celebrate in You
Hurry, my beloved, because the appointed time approaches
And have mercy on me forever