Yedid Nefesh - יְדִיד נֶפֶש

Yedid Nefesh ('soulmate') is a piyyut and zemer.
It is usually sung on Shabbat.

Yedid Nefesh - Dudu Fisher

Yedid Nefesh - Moshav

Yedid Nefesh - Itzhak Meir

Yedid Nefesh - Avraham Fried

Yedid Nefesh Medley - Avraham Fried - Live

Yedid Nefesh - Lev Tahor

Yedid Nefesh - Dorshey Hashem

Yedid Nefesh - Yisroel Adler & Neranenu Choir

Yedid Nefesh - Gilad Potolsky
and the Shalhevet Orchestra

Yedid Nefesh - Gad Elbaz

Yedid Nefesh - Pinny Schachter

Yedid Nefesh - Moroccan Melody

Yedid Nefesh - Yosef Gutman Levitt

Yedid Nefesh - Hibbat Hapiyut

Yedid Nefesh - Rabbi Motti & Menachem Feldman

Yedid Nefesh - Lenny Solomon & Shlock Rock

Yedid Nefesh - Tandu (m&f)

Yedid Nefesh - Chazan Chaim Adler

Yedid Nefesh - The Soul Of The Chassidic Violin (instrumental)

Yedid Nefesh - Instrumental with Sand Drawings

Yedid Nefesh

Hebrew Lyrics to Yedid Nefesh

יְדִיד נֶפֶשׁ

יְדִיד נֶפֶשׁ, אָב הָרַחְמָן,
מְשֹךְ עַבְדְךָ אֶל רְצוֹנֶךָ,
יָרוּץ עַבְדְךָ כְּמוֹ אַיָל,
יִשְתַחֲוֶה מוּל הֲדָרָךְ
כִּי יֶעְרַב לוֹ יְדִידוּתָךְ
מִנּפֶת צוּף וְכָל טָעַם

הָדוּר, נָאֶה, זִיו הָעולָם
נַפְשִי חולַת אַהֲבָתָךְ
אָנָא אֵל נָא, רְפָא נָא לָהּ
בְּהַרְאות לָהּ נעַם זִיוָךְ
אָז תִתְחֵזֵּק וְתִתְרַפֵּא
וְהָיְתָה לָךְ שִפְחַת עולָם

וָתִיק, יֶהְמוּ רַחֲמֶיךָ
וְחוּס נָא עַל בֵּן אוֹהֲבָךְ
כִּי זֶה כַּמֶה נִכְסף נִכְסַף
לִרְאות בְּתִפְאֶרֶת עֻזָךְ
אָנָא אֵלִי, מַחְמָד לִבִי
חוּסה נָא, וְאַל תִּתְעַלָם

הִגָלֵה נָא וּפְרשׂ, חָבִיב
עָלַי אֶת סֻכַת שְלומֶךְ
תָּאִיר אֶרֶץ מִכְּבוֹדָךְ
נָגִילָה וְנִשְׂמְחָה בָךְ
מַהֵר אָהוּב, כִּי בָא מועֵד
וְחָנֵנִי כִּימֵי עולָם

English Transliteration of Yedid Nefesh

Yedid Nefesh

Yedid nefesh, Av harachaman,
meshoch Avdecha el Retzonecha.
Yarutz avdecha kemo ayal,
yishtachave mul hadarach.
Ki ye’erav lo yedidutach, minofet tsuf vechol ta’am.

Hadur naeh ziv haolam, nafshi cholat ahavatach.
Anah El nah refah nah lah, b’harot lah noam zivach,
Az titchazek v’titrapeh, v’hay’tah lah shifchat olam.

Vatik yehemu rachamecha v’chus na al ben ohavach.
Ki zeh kamah nichsof nichsaf, lir’ot b'tiferet uzach.
Anah Eyli, machmad libi, chushah nah v’al titalam.

Higaleh nah uf’ros chaviv alai, et sukkat shelomach
Tair eretz mikevodach, nagilah v’nismechah bach.
Maher ahuv, ki va moed, v’choneni kimei olam.

English translation of Yedid Nefesh

Soulmate

Lover of my soul, merciful God,
bring your servant close to Your will.
Your servant will run like a gazelle, to prostrate before Your glory.
For Your companionship is purer than any fine taste or flavor.

Perfect, pleasing, radiance of the world, my soul desires Your love.
Please, God, heal her now, as You show her the pleasantness of Your light.
Now, strengthen and heal her, and she will be for You an eternal servant.

Ancient one, many your mercies be made manifest,
And have compassion on the child of Your lover.
For it is so long that I have faithfully waited, to see the glory of Your strength.
Please, my God, the desire of my Heart, hurry and do not hide!

Please, my beloved, reveal yourself and spread over me the shelter of Your peace.
Fill the world with the light of your glory, so that we may rejoice and be happy in You.
Be quick, my lover, for the time has come, and have mercy on me for all time.

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