yedhidh nefesh                                  Eliezer Azikri (16th century) 

Friend of the soul , Compassionate Father,
Draw your servant toward your will;
Your servant will run like a gazelle, and prostrate himself before your splendor.
Because your friendship to him is sweeter to him than the dripping of the honeycomb or any other taste.

 

Majestic! Beautiful! Radiance of the universe!
My soul is sick with love for you.
Please, my God, heal her please, by showing her the pleasantness of your radiance. 
Then she will be strengthened, and she will be healed, and she will have eternal joy.

 

 Most faithful! May your mercy arise,
and may you have pity on your beloved child, for how much ­ how much! ­
have I longed to gaze upon your powerful splendor.
Please, my God, love of my heart; have pity and  don't conceal yourself from me.

 

Be revealed, beloved, and spread the shelter of your peace over me.
Illuminate the earth with your glory; we will rejoice and be glad in you.
Hurry! Beloved, for the time has come. Be gracious to us for eternity.