Achat sha'altiאַחַת שָׁאַלְתִּי |
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Achat sha'alti me'eit Hashem, otah avakesh:
shivti b'veit Hashem, kol y'mei chayai, lachazot b'noam Hashem, u'l'vaker b'heikhalo. | אַחַת שָׁאַלְתִּי מֵאֵת-יְהוָה אוֹתָהּ אֲבַקֵּשׁ:
שִׁבְתִּי בְּבֵית-יְהוָה, כָּל-יְמֵי חַיַּי, לַחֲזוֹת בְּנֹעַם-יְהוָה, וּלְבַקֵּר בְּהֵיכָלוֹ. |
Translation:One thing I ask from the Lord, one thing I desire
That I might dwell in Your house all the days of my life To behold the graciousness of the Lord, and to enter God's sanctuary. User-contributed translation | |
Information:From Psalms 27:4, the Psalm for the days of awe.
B'kol Echad page 77 Tzlil v'Zemer tune used with permission. (Featured below in the recordings by Shmuel Popper and Yisroel Mendelson) | |
Recordings(click to hide):If your browser does not load a recording, click on the arrow to download the recording. (Download will not be available for some songs.) If your browser does not support Flash, click here to use native mp3 support.Recorded by: Binyomin Szanto-Varnagy Description: I heard it from a Satmar bochur, possibly learned in the yeshiva | |
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