Lecha dodi likrat kalah, p'nei Shabbat nekablah.
Come my Beloved to greet the bride--the Sabbath presence let us welcome!
Mikdash Melech ir m'luchah, kumi tz'i mitoch hahafeichah, rav lach shevet b'emek habacha, v'hu yachamol alayich chemlah.
O Sanctuary of the King, royal City--arise and depart from amid the upheaval, too long have you dwelled in the valley of weeping. He will shower compassion upon you.
Lecha dodi likrat kalah, p'nei Shabbat nekablah.
Come my Beloved to greet the bride--the Sabbath presence let us welcome!
Hitna-ari me-afar kumi, livshi bigdei tifartech ami, al yad ben Yishai beit halachmi, karvah el nafshi g'alah.
Shake off the dust--arise! Don your splendid clothes, My people, through the son of Yishai, the Bethlehemite! Draw near to my soul--redeem it!
Lecha dodi likrat kalah, p'nei Shabbat nekablah.
Come my Beloved to greet the bride--the Sabbath presence let us welcome!
Hitor'ri hit-or'ri, ki va oreych kumi ori, uri uri shir daberi, k'vod Hashem alayich niglah.
Wake up! Wake up! For your light has come, rise up and shine; Awaken, awaken, utter a song, the glory of Hashem is revealed on you.
Lecha dodi likrat kalah, p'nei Shabbat nekablah.
Come my Beloved to greet the bride--the Sabbath presence let us welcome!
Lo tevoshi v'lo tikalmi, ma tishtochachi uma tehemi, bach yechesu aniyei ami, v'nivntah ir al tilah.
Feel not ashamed be not humiliated, why are you downcast? Why are you disconsolate? In you will My people's afflicted find shelter as the City is built upon its hilltop.
Lecha dodi likrat kalah, p'nei Shabbat nekablah.
Come my Beloved to greet the bride--the Sabbath presence let us welcome!
V'ha-yu limshisah shosayich, v'rachaku kal m'valayich, yasis alayich Elokayich, kimsos chatan al kalah.
May your oppressor be downtrodden, and may those who devoured you be cast far off. Your G-d will rejoice over you like a groom's rejoicing over his bride.
Lecha dodi likrat kalah, p'nei Shabbat nekablah.
Come my Beloved to greet the bride--the Sabbath presence let us welcome!
Yamin usmol tifrotzi, v'et Hashem ta-aritzi, al yad ish ben Partzi, v'nismchah v'nagilah.
Rightward and leftward, you shall spread out mightily, and you shall extol the might of Hashem, through the man descended from Peretz, then we shall be glad and mirthful.
Lecha dodi likrat kalah, p'nei Shabbat nekablah.
Come my Beloved to greet the bride--the Sabbath presence let us welcome!
Bo-i v'shalom ateret ba'lah, gam b'simchah uvtzahalah, toch emuney am s'gulah, b'o-i chalah, b'o-i chalah.
Enter in peace, O crown of her husband, even in gladness, and good cheer, among the faithful of the treasured nation. Enter, O bride! Enter, O bride!
Lecha dodi likrat kalah, p'nei Shabbat nekablah.
Come my Beloved to greet the bride--the Sabbath presence let us welcome!
