As long as deep in the heart
A Jewish soul still yearns,
And forward to the east,
To Zion, an eye still looks,
Our hope will not be lost,
The hope of two thousand years,
Od lo avdah tikvatenu
Hatikvah bat shnot alpayim
To be a free nation in our own home-land,
The land of Zion and Jerusalem.
Lihyot am chofshi beartzenu –
Eretz Tziyon virushalayim.
My country, my country, my land,
My ancestors!
My country, my country, my nation,
In the land of struggle!
With determination, fire
Kolod balevav Pnimah –
And my volcanic revenge,
I hove climbed the mountains,
Crossed frontiers
Nefesh Yehudi homiyah
And fought the wars.
Ive conquered the impossible,
With longing in my blood
Ulfaatey mizrach kadimah
And the roar of gems,
For my country, my land, my home,
Ayin letzion tzofiyah – –
My ancestors