V'ilu Finu - וְאִלּו פִינּו
One of Nava Tehila original melody for Prayers - Shabbat and Weekdays. For bilingual display of verses click A/א above
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Jerusalem 2016

Text

We composed the melody to fit the Sefarad version of the text, which begins with "V'ilu." The Ashkenaz nusach omits the vav, starting instead with "Ilu." We recommend keeping our text as written, but if you must use the Ashkenaz nusach, please keep the melody and stretch the first consonant over two notes.
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וְאִלּוּ פִינוּ מָלֵא שִׁירָה כַּיָּם, וּלְשׁונֵנוּ רִנָּה כַּהֲמון גַּלָּיו. וְשפְתותֵינוּ שֶׁבַח כְּמֶרְחֲבֵי רָקִיעַ, וְעֵינֵינוּ מְאִירות כַּשֶּׁמֶשׁ וְכַיָּרֵחַ, וְיָדֵינוּ פְרוּשות כְּנִשְׁרֵי שָׁמָיִם, וְרַגְלֵינוּ קַלּות כָּאַיָּלות, אֵין אֲנַחְנוּ מַסְפִּיקִים לְהודות לְךָ וּלְבָרֵךְ אֶת שְׁמֶךָ.

Were our mouths filled with song as the sea, and our tongues with melody as the multitude of its waves, and our lips with praise as the expanses of the firmament, and our eyes shining like the sun and the moon, and our hands spread like the eagles of the sky, and our feet swift as the hinds — we would still not suffice to thank You ... and to bless Your name.

Ve'ilu finu maleh shira kayam, ulshonenu rina kahamon galav. Ve-siftotenu shevach ke-merchavei raki'a, ve'eineninu me'irot kashemesh ve-chayare'ach, ve-yadeinu f’rusot kenishrei shamayim, veragleinu kalot ka'ayalot, ein anachnu maspikim lehodot lecha, ulvarech et shimcha.

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Method

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Kavvanot

In the Nava Tehila method, kavvanot — intentions for inner engagement with the words of prayer — are developed through close attention to the language of the psalms: Pshat, Midrash, and Kabbalistic and Hasidic illumination.