In these still, quiet moments
I am not asleep,
and not yet awake.

In the threshold of day and night,
with the mixture of darkness and light,
my body is once again coming to life.

I am reborn, each day,
from the womb of your compassion.
May all of my actions
be worthy of the faith you’ve placed in me.
With words of thanks I’ll greet the dawn.

The formulation for giving thanks for entering wakefulness innovated by Moshe ibn Makhir, as translated by Andrew Shaw.

An original liturgical poem inspired by the Modah|Modeh Ani prayer.