Transliteration / Hebrew

Yedid nefesh, av ha-rahaman,
m’shokh avdakh el r’tzonakh,
yarutz avdakh k’mo ayal,
yishtahaveh mul hadarakh,
ki ye-erav lo y didutakh,
mi-nofet tzuf v khol ta-am.

Hadur, na-eh, ziv ha-olam,
nafshi holat ahavatakh,
ana, El na, r’fa na lah,
b’harot lah no-am zivakh,
az tit-hazek v’titrapei,
v’hayitah lakh shifhat olam.

Vatik, yehemu rahamekha,
v’hus na al ben ohavakh,
ki zeh kamah nikhsof nikhsaf
lirot b’tiferet uzakh,
ana, Eili, mahmad libi,
husah na, v’al titalam.

Higaleih na, u-fros haviv alai,
et sukkat sh’lomakh,
ta-ir eretz mi-k’vodakh,
nagilah v’nism’hah bakh,
maher ahuv, ki va mo-ed,
v’honeini kimei olam.

יְדִיד נֶפֶשׁ, אָב הָרַחְמָן
מְשךְ עַבְדָךְ אֶל רְצונָךְ
יָרוּץ עַבְדָךְ כְמו 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

Translation (Lev Shalem)

Beloved of my soul, compassionate father,
Draw me, Your servant, to Your desire.
Would that I could run like a gazelle,
And bow before Your beauty,
For I find Your love sweeter than honey or any delight.

Beautiful, splendrous light of the world,
My soul is sick with love.
God, please heal her by bathing her in Your serene light—
Then she shall surely be strengthened and healed
And be Your servant forever.

Ancient One, let Your compassion flow.
Have pity on the child whom You love—
For I have yearned for so long to see Your luminescent power.
My God, my beloved, hurry;
Please, do not hide!

Please, my beloved, reveal Yourself.
Spread the sukkah of Your love over me.
May the whole world be illuminated with Your glory;
Then shall we be glad and rejoice with You.
My lover—come quickly, for the time has come—
Have compassion for me as in days of old.