My Soul Thirsts for Thee (From The CD Niggunei Chassidei Chabad, Vol. 2)

"My soul thirsts for Thee, my flesh longs for Thee in a dry and thirsty land, where no water is. To see thy power and thy glory, as I have seen Thee in the sanctuary." (Psalm 63, 2-3)

The origin of this niggun is in the Carpathian Mountains where the Ba'al Shem Tov preached. Hungarian-Transylvanian influences are strongly felt in it. According to Zalmanov, Rabbi Menachem Mendel revived the niggun which dates back to the early years of the Lubavitch movement. Ihas a great outpouring of the soul, but also much restraint typical to the Lubavitch style: a mixture of peasant simplicity and spiritual yearning.