(1) לְכָה דוֹדִי לִקְרַאת כַּלָּה
(2) פְּנֵי שַׁבָּת נְקַבְּלָה
(א) שָׁמוֹר וְזָכוֹר בְּדִבּוּר אֶחָד
(ב) הִשְׁמִיעָנוּ אֵל הַמְּיֻחָד
(ג) יהוה אֶחָד וּשְׁמוֹ אֶחָד
(ד) לְשֵׁם וּלְתִפְאֶרֶת וְלִתְהִלָּה
(1) Come, my lover, to welcome the bride
(2) The face of Shabbat we will receive
(1) "Keep" and "remember" in one saying
(2) We were caused to listen by the Unified God
(3) Adonai is One, and His Name is One
(4) To His name, and to glory and to praise!
Sources of Lovers (lines 1-2 from)
(כא) וְאֵרַשְׂתִּ֥יךְ לִ֖י לְעוֹלָ֑ם
וְאֵרַשְׂתִּ֥יךְ לִי֙ בְּצֶ֣דֶק וּבְמִשְׁפָּ֔ט וּבְחֶ֖סֶד וּֽבְרַחֲמִֽים׃
(כב) וְאֵרַשְׂתִּ֥יךְ לִ֖י בֶּאֱמוּנָ֑ה וְיָדַ֖עַתְּ אֶת־יהוה׃ {פ}
(21) And I will espouse you forever: I will espouse you with righteousness and justice,
And with goodness and mercy, (22) And I will espouse you with faithfulness;
Then you shall be devoted to GOD.
(ח) דָּבָר אַחֵר, לָמָּה בֵּרְכוֹ, רַבִּי בֶּרֶכְיָה וְרַבִּי דוֹסְתָּאי וְרַבִּי שְׁמוּאֵל בַּר נַחְמָן. רַבִּי בֶּרֶכְיָה וְרַבִּי דוֹסְתָּאי אוֹמְרִים שֶׁאֵין לוֹ בֶּן זוּג, חַד בְּשַׁבַּתָּא, תְּרֵי, תְּלָתָא, אַרְבַּעְתָּא, חַמְשָׁא, עֲרוּבְתָּא, שַׁבַּתָּא לֵית לָהּ בֶּן זוּג. רַבִּי שְׁמוּאֵל בַּר נַחְמָן אָמַר שֶׁאֵינוֹ נִדְחֶה, יוֹם טוֹב נִדְחֶה, יוֹם הַכִּפּוּרִים נִדְחֶה, שַׁבָּת אֵינָהּ נִדְחֵית. תָּנֵי רַבִּי שִׁמְעוֹן בֶּן יוֹחָאי, אָמְרָה שַׁבָּת לִפְנֵי הַקָּדוֹשׁ בָּרוּךְ הוּא, רִבּוֹנוֹ שֶׁל עוֹלָם לְכֻלָּן יֵשׁ בֶּן זוּג, וְלִי אֵין בֶּן זוּג. אָמַר לָהּ הַקָּדוֹשׁ בָּרוּךְ הוּא כְּנֶסֶת יִשְׂרָאֵל הִיא בֶּן זוּגֵךְ. וְכֵיוָן שֶׁעָמְדוּ יִשְׂרָאֵל לִפְנֵי הַר סִינַי אָמַר לָהֶם הַקָּדוֹשׁ בָּרוּךְ הוּא זִכְרוּ הַדָּבָר שֶׁאָמַרְתִּי לְשַׁבָּת, כְּנֶסֶת יִשְׂרָאֵל הִיא בֶּן זוּגֵךְ, הַיְנוּ דִּבּוּר (שמות כ, ח): זָכוֹר אֶת יוֹם הַשַּׁבָּת לְקַדְשׁוֹ.
(8) Another interpretation: Why did He bless it [Shabbat]? Rabbi Berekhya and Rabbi Dostai and Rabbi Shmuel bar Naḥman, Rabbi Berekhya and Rabbi Dostai say: It is because it does not have a partner. Sunday has Monday [as its partner], Tuesday has Wednesday, Thursday has Shabbat eve. But Shabbat has no partner. Rabbi Shmuel bar Naḥman said: It [the blessing of Shabbat] is in that it cannot be postponed. Festivals may be postponed, Yom Kippur may be postponed, but Shabbat cannot be postponed. Rabbi Shimon ben Yoḥai taught: Shabbat said before the Holy One blessed be He: ‘Master of the universe, all of them [the other days] have partners, but I do not have a partner.’ The Holy One blessed be He said to it: ‘The congregation of Israel is your partner.’ When Israel stood before Mount Sinai, the Holy One blessed be He said to them: ‘Remember the matter that I said to Shabbat: The congregation of Israel is your partner.’ That is the meaning of the statement in the Ten Commandments: “Remember the Shabbat day to keep it holy” (Exodus 20:8).
Sources of actions related to mitzvah of Shabbat (line א)
(ח) זָכ֛וֹר֩ אֶת־י֥֨וֹם הַשַּׁבָּ֖֜ת לְקַדְּשֽׁ֗וֹ׃
(8) Remember Shabbat and keep it holy.
(יב) שָׁמ֛֣וֹר אֶת־י֥וֹם֩ הַשַּׁבָּ֖֨ת לְקַדְּשׁ֑֜וֹ כַּאֲשֶׁ֥ר צִוְּךָ֖֣ ׀ יהוה אֱלֹהֶֽ֗יךָ׃
(12) Keep Shabbat and keep it holy, as your God יהוה has commanded you.
Sources of actions related to mitzvah of Shabbat (line ג)
(ט) וְהָיָ֧ה יהוה לְמֶ֖לֶךְ עַל־כׇּל־הָאָ֑רֶץ בַּיּ֣וֹם הַה֗וּא יִהְיֶ֧ה יהוה אֶחָ֖ד וּשְׁמ֥וֹ אֶחָֽד׃
(9) And GOD shall be sovereign over all the earth; on that day there shall be one GOD with one name.
The Messianic view described by the prophet Zecharia is foundational to rabbinic worldview. This line is familiar to many from the Medieval piyyut Aleinu, originally written for Rosh Hashanah. In classic Midrash, "the day" referred to here both in the Messianic Age as well as refers to Shabbat. Shabbat is considered "a taste of the World to Come.