Thought I'd repost it in the way it was meant to be read:
L’cha dodi lik-rat kalah, p’nei Shabbat n’kab’lah.
Shamor v’zachor b’dibur echad,
Hish-mianu El ham’yuchad;
Adonai echad, ush’mo echad,
L’sheim ul-tif’eret v’lit’hilah.
Lik'rat Shabbat l’chu v’neil’chah,
Ki hi m’kor hab’rachah
Meirosh mikedem n’suchah,
Sof ma'aseh b’machashava t’chila.
Hitor’ri, hitor’ri,
Ki va oreich! Kumi ori
Uri uri, shir dabeiri;
K’vod Adonai alayich niglah.
- All Rise to Welcome the Sabbath Bride -
Boi v’shalom, ateret ba'lah;
Gam b’simchah uv’tzoholah
Toch emunei am s’gula,
Boi chala! Boi chala!
English:
Beloved, come to meet the bride; beloved, come to greet Shabbat.
Keep and Remember: a single command,
the Only God caused us to hear;
the Eternal is One, God’s name is One,
for honor and glory and praise.
Come with me to meet Shabbat,
forever a fountain of blessing
Still it flows as from the start:
the last of days,
for which the first was made.
Awake, awake,
your light has come! Arise, shine,
awake and sing;
the Eternal’s glory dawns upon you.
- All Rise to Welcome the Sabbath Bride -
Enter in peace, O crown of your husband;
enter in gladness, enter in joy
Come to the people that keeps its faith.
Enter, O bride! Enter, O bride!
Note: In most
prayer books that I've seen, it just says '
all rise'. This poem is usually just recited by
orthodox, but
conservative and
reform jews often sing it.
Debbie Friedman's rendition of it is the most popular amongst
reform.