Adon Olam: The Lyrics

[The transliterated Hebrew, according to the Stanford prayerbook, goes like this:*]

Adon olam, asher malach,
b'terem kol y'tzir nivra.
L'et na'asah v'cheftzo kol,
azai melech sh'mo nikra.

V'acharey kichlot hakol,
l'vado yimloch nora.
V'hu haya, v'hu hoveh,
v'hu yih'yeh b'tifara.

V'hu echad, v'eyn sheni
l'hamshil lo, l'hachbira.
B'li reishit, b'li tachlit,
v'lo ha'oz v'hamisrah.

V'hu Eli, v'chai go'ali,
v'tzur chevli b'et tzarah.
V'hu nisi umanos li,
m'nat kosi b'yom ekra.

B'yado afkid ruchi
b'et ishan v'a'irah.
V'im ruchi g'viyati,
Adonai li v'lo ira.

*Use Latin vowels ("ah ay ee oh oo" for "a e i o u") and the German "ch" sound (as in "Menachem Begin"). When you see an apostrophe, put a separation; "b'li" almost sounds like "buh-LEE".

Copyright 1996, Lynn Gold.

Last updated: September 10, 1996

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