| Yedid Nefesh | |
| ידיד × ×¤×© | |
| Sefaria Community Translation | |
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| Yedid Nefesh | |
| My soul's beloved, merciful father, | |
| Draw your surrendered to your will rendered. | |
| Your surrendered will run like a gazelle, | |
| He will bow before your splendor. | |
| For to him, your love is sweeter, | |
| Than the dripping honeycomb, and any taste at all. | |
| Resplendent, beautiful, radiance of the world, | |
| My soul is sick for your amore, | |
| Please, O God, heal her now, | |
| By the beauty of your radiance, by showing her. | |
| Then she will be strong, she will be healed, | |
| And she will be your handmaiden forever more. | |
| Ancient one, rouse, please, your mercy. | |
| Please have pity on the son of your beloved, | |
| For so much has this yearning been, | |
| To see your strength, in its beauty, | |
| Please, my god, the love of my heart, | |
| Hurry, please, and do not hide yourself. | |
| Please, be revealed and spread the covering, beloved, | |
| Upon me, the shelter of your tranquility | |
| Illuminate the earth with your nobility | |
| We will rejoice in you, we will be in festivity | |
| Hurry, beloved, for the time has come, | |
| And be good to me, like days long ago. |