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La​-​ner V'livsamim (Avihu Medina)

from Havdalah - Live From Jerusalem by Cantor Azi Schwartz of Park Avenue Synagogue

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La-ner V’livsamimim
Avihu Medina, Music
Galit Giat, Guest Vocalist
Elias Haddoub, Oud
La-ner V’livsamim is a piyyut
(liturgical poem) by the 17th-century
Yemenite poet Rabbi Saadia Ben
Amram. The refrain enumerates the
ritual items used during Havdalah
– candle, spices, and wine – and the
verses are a prayer for a successful
and peaceful week to come. The initial
letters of the verses are an acrostic
spelling the author’s first name. Sung
to various tunes, the piyyut has always
been popular among Yemenite Jews.
It became an Israeli classic in this
melody written by Avihu Medina.
Born in 1948 to a Yemenite family,
Avihu Medina made his reputation in
the 1970s as one of the originators of
the Mediterranean-Israeli style known
as Mizrahi. Medina wrote many songs
that became Israeli cultural icons,
spotlighting the rich musical heritage
of the Yemenite Jews. He won many
awards for his contributions to the
development of multicultural variety
in Israeli music.

lyrics

לַנֵּר וְלִבְשָׂמִים נַפְשִׁי מְיַחֵלָה
אִם תִּתְּנוּ לִי כּוֹס יַיִן לְהַבְדָּלָה

אִם תִּתְּנוּ לִי…

סֹלּוּ דְּרָכִים לִי פַּנּוּ לְנָבוֹכָה
פִּתְחוּ שְׁעָרִים לִי כָּל מַלְאֲכֵי מַעְלָה

אִם תִּתְּנוּ לִי…

עֵינַי אֲנִי אֶשָּׂא אֶל אֵל בְּלֵב כּוֹסֵף
מַמְצִיא צְרָכַי לִי בַּיּוֹם וּבַלַּיְלָה

אִם תִּתְּנוּ לִי…

La-ner V’livsamim nafshi m'yahelah,
Im tit'nu li kos ya’yin l'havdalah.

Im tit'nu li kos shel ya’yin...

Solu d'rakhim li panu l'navukhah,
Pithu sh'arim li kol mal’achei malah.

Im tit'nu li kos shel ya’yin...

Einai ani esa el El b'lev kosef,
Mamtzi tzorkhai li ba-yom u-va-laylah.

Im tit'nu li kos shel ya’yin…


For the candle and the spices my soul yearns,
If you shall give me a cup of wine for Havdalah.

If you shall give me…

Pave the road for the bewildered man,
Heaven angels - open the gates for me.

If you shall give me…

I shall raise my eyes to God with yearning heart,
Who provides all my needs at day and at night.

If you shall give me...

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from Havdalah - Live From Jerusalem, released September 19, 2019
Avihu Medina

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Cantor Azi Schwartz of Park Avenue Synagogue New York, New York

Cantor Azi Schwartz is the Senior Cantor of Park Avenue Synagogue in New York, and is a world-renowned vocal performer and recording artist whose music reaches Jewish and interfaith audiences internationally.

Azi has performed at Carnegie Hall and Madison Square Garden; on PBS and on Richard Gere’s movie 'Norman'; and for Pope Francis.

He has released nine albums of Jewish liturgical music.
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