Joseph Schmidt – Ano avdoh (1934)

Ana avda d’kudsha b’rich hu,
d’sagidna kameih,
umikama dikar Oraitei
b’chol idan v’idan.
La al enash rachitzna,
v’la al bar elahin samichnah,
ela be-Eloha dishmaya,
d’hu Eloha k’shot,
v’Orateih k’shot,
unvi-ohi k’shot,
umasgei l’mebad tav-van ukshot.
Beih ana rachitz,
v’lishmeih kadisha yakira
ana eimar tushb’chan.
Y’hei ra-ava kodamach
d’tiftach liba-i b’Oraita,
v’tashlim mishalin d’liba-i,
v’liba d’chol amach Yisra-eil,
l’tav ulchayin v’lishlam. Amein.

(I am a servant of the Holy One Who is Blessed,
and prostrate myself before the One
and before the glory of the One’s Torah
at all times.
Not in any person do I put trust,
nor on any angel do I rely,
only on the Elohim of heaven,
Who is the Elohim of truth,
Whose Torah is truth,
and Whose prophets are true,
and Who abundantly acts with kindness and truth.
In the One I trust,
and to Whose name holy and glorious
I declare praises.
May it be the will before You
that You open my heart to Torah,
and that You fulfill the wishes of my heart,
and the heart of all Your people Israel,
for good and for life and for peace. Amen.)