Shabbat Songs : Menuchah Vesimchah

Menuchah vesimchah or layyehudim
Yom shabbaton yom machamaddim
Shomerav vezocherav hemmah me'idim
Ki leshishah kol beru'im ve'omedim

Shemei shamayim eretz veyammim
Kol tzeva marom gevohim veramim
Tannin ve'adam vechayyat re'emim
Ki beyah adonai tzur olamim

Hu asher dibber le'am segullato
Shamor lekaddesho mibbo'o ve'ad tzeto
Shabbat kodesh yom chemdato
Ki vo shavat el mikkol melachto

Bemitzvat shabbat el yachalitzach
Kum kera elav yachish le'ammetzach
Nishmat kol chai vegam na'aritzach
Echol besimchah ki kevar ratzach

Bemishneh lechem vekiddush rabbah
Berov mat'ammim veruach nedivah
Yizku lerav tuv hammit'annegim bah
Bevi'at go'el lechayyei ha'olam habba

Rest and gladness, a light for the Jews,
a day of rest, a day of delights;
those who keep it and remember it testify:
all was created and endures in six days.

The heaven of heavens, the earth and the seas,
all the heavenly host, high and exalted,
the sea monster, man and mighty beasts,
for with Yah, Hashem, is the Rock of worlds.

He it is who spoke to His treasured people:
keep it to sanctify it, from its entry to its going out;
the holy Shabbat, day of His delight,
for on it God rested from all His work.

By the commandment of Shabbat may God strengthen you;
arise, call to Him, He will hasten to fortify you;
may the soul of every living thing, and we too, revere You;
eat with joy, for He has already accepted you.

With double bread and the great Kiddush,
with an abundance of delicacies and a generous spirit,
those who delight in it shall merit great good,
at the coming of the redeemer, for the life of the World to Come.

Menucha Vesimcha is a Shabbat table song (zemirah) of anonymous authorship, traditionally sung at the Shabbat morning meal.
The piyyut celebrates Shabbat as a day of rest and joy given to the Jewish people, recalling that God Himself rested from His work on the seventh day of Creation. It invites the observant Jew to honor this day with double bread, the Great Kiddush, and an abundance of delicacies, while looking forward to the coming of the redeemer.