The following is said in some congregations:
Hebrew
אָנָּא בְּכֹֽחַ גְּדֻלַּת יְמִינְ֒ךָ תַּתִּיר צְרוּרָה: קַבֵּל רִנַּת עַמְּ֒ךָ שַׂגְּ֒בֵֽנוּ טַהֲרֵֽנוּ נוֹרָא: נָא גִבּוֹר דּוֹרְ֒שֵׁי יִחוּדְ֒ךָ כְּבָבַת שָׁמְרֵם: בָּרְ֒כֵם טַהֲרֵם רַחֲמֵם צִדְקָתְ֒ךָ תָּמִיד גָּמְלֵם: חֲסִין קָדוֹשׁ בְּרֹב טוּבְ֒ךָ נַהֵל עֲדָתֶֽךָ: יָחִיד גֵּאֶה לְעַמְּ֒ךָ פְּנֵה, זוֹכְ֒רֵי קְדֻשָּׁתֶֽךָ: שַׁוְעָתֵֽנוּ קַבֵּל וּשְׁמַע צַעֲקָתֵֽנוּ יוֹדֵֽעַ תַּעֲלוּמוֹת: בָּרוּךְ שֵׁם כְּבוֹד מַלְכוּתוֹ לְעוֹלָם וָעֶד:
English
Please, by the power of Your great right hand, set the captive nation free. Accept Your people’s prayer. Strengthen us, purify us, You who are revered. Please, Mighty One, guard like the pupil of the eye those who seek Your unity. Bless them, cleanse them, grant them the compassion of Your righteousness always. Mighty One, Holy One, in Your great goodness guide Your congregation. Only One, Exalted One, turn to Your people, who proclaim Your holiness. Accept our plea and heed our cry, You who know all secret thoughts. Blessed be the name of His glorious kingdom for ever and all time.
Sephardi
ana b'chocha g'dulat y'miyn'cha tatiyr tz'rurah: kabeil rinat am'cha sag'veinu tahareinu nvora: na gibvor dvor'sheiy yichud'cha k'vavat sham'reim: bar'cheim tahareim rachameim tzid'kat'cha tamiyd gam'leim: chasiyn kadvosh b'rov tuv'cha naheil adatecha: yachiyd geieh l'am'cha p'neih, zvoch'reiy k'dushatecha: shav'ateinu kabeil ush'ma tzaakateinu yvodeia taalumvot: baruch' sheim k'vvod mal'chutvo l'volam vaed:
On Yom Tov, Motza’ei Yom Tov and Shabbat Hol HaMo’ed, say only the first two and last two stanzas of “Come, my Beloved.”
Hebrew
לְכָה דוֹדִי לִקְרַאת כַּלָּה. פְּנֵי שַׁבָּת נְקַבְּ֒לָה: שָׁמוֹר וְזָכוֹר בְּדִבּוּר אֶחָד. הִשְׁמִיעָֽנוּ אֵל הַמְיוּחָד. יְהֹוָה אֶחָד וּשְׁמוֹ אֶחָד. לְשֵׁם וּלְתִפְאֶֽרֶת וְלִתְהִלָּה: לְכָה דוֹדִי לִקְרַאת כַּלָּה. פְּנֵי שַׁבָּת נְקַבְּ֒לָה:
English
Come, my Beloved, to greet the bride; let us welcome the Sabbath. Come, my Beloved, to greet the bride; let us welcome the Sabbath. “Observe” and “Remember” in one act of speech, the One and Only God made us hear. The LORD is One and His name is One, for renown, for splendor, and for praise. Come, my Beloved, to greet the bride; let us welcome the Sabbath.
Sephardi
l'chah dvodiy lik'rat kalah. p'neiy shabat n'kab'lah: shamvor v'zachvor b'dibur echad. hish'miyanu eil ham'yuchad. Adonai echad ush'mvo echad. l'sheim ul'tif'eret v'lit'hilah: l'chah dvodiy lik'rat kalah. p'neiy shabat n'kab'lah:
// Commentary
Please, by the power: A hymn in seven lines, each of six words, whose initial letters spell out a mystical 42-letter name of God. It is attributed to Rabbi Nehunya ben haKanah (second half of the first century CE).
Come, my Beloved: This song - the one original composition introduced into this service by the Safed kabbalists - was written by Rabbi Shlomo Alkabetz. It is a work of surpassing beauty, speaking in turn of Shabbat, Jerusalem, the Jewish people, and the Messiah, before returning in its last verse to the Shabbat again. Artfully woven from biblical quotations, many of them drawn from Isaiah’s prophecies of consolation, together with Talmudic and midrashic ideas, its first eight verses form an acrostic, spelling out the name of its author, Shlomo HaLevi.
“Observe” and “Remember” in one act of speech: This refers to two versions of the Ten Commandments. In the first (Ex. 20:8), Israel was commanded to “Remember” the Sabbath; in the second (Deut. 5:12), to “observe” it. According to the sages, both were uttered at the same time. “Observe” refers to the negative commandment of Shabbat, the prohibition against work, while “Remember” refers to the positive commandment, to sanctify it in word and deed. The idea that both were spoken simultaneously teaches that the negative and positive aspects of holy time are inseparable. The prohibition against work creates space for rest and joy.