Yisra'el
As long as deep in the heartA 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 tikvatenuHatikvah bat shnot alpayim:To be a free nation in our own home-land,The land of Zion and Jerusalem.
Lihyot am chofshi be'artzenu -Eretz Tziyon vi'rushalayim.
My country, my country, my land,My ancestors!My country, my country, my nation,In the land of struggle!
With determination, fireKol'od balevav P'nimah -And my volcanic revenge,I hove climbed the mountains,Crossed frontiersNefesh Yehudi homiyahAnd fought the wars.
I've conquered the impossible,With longing in my bloodUlfa'atey mizrach kadimahAnd the roar of gems,For my country, my land, my home,Ayin le'tzion tzofiyahMy ancestors