Hatikva (Hope)

Kol 'od balevav penimahAs long as in the heart, within,
נֶפֶשׁ יְהוּדִי הוֹמִיָּהNefesh yehudi homiyah, A Jewish soul still yearns,
וּלְפַאֲתֵי מִזְרָח, קָדִימָה, Ul(e)fa'atei mizrach kadimah, And onward, towards the ends of the east,
עַיִן לְצִיּוֹן צוֹפִיָּה,'Ayin letziyon tzofiyah; an eye still gazes toward Zion;

עוֹד לֹא אָבְדָה תִּקְוָתֵנוּ,'Od lo avdah tikvateinu, Our hope is not yet lost,
הַתִּקְוָה בַּת שְׁנוֹת אַלְפַּיִםHatikvah bat sh(e)not 'alpayim, The hope of two thousand years old,
לִהְיוֹת עַם חָפְשִׁי בְּאַרְצֵנוּ, Lihyot 'am chofshi b(e)'artzeinu, To be a free nation in our land,
אֶרֶץ צִיּוֹן וִירוּשָׁלַיִם.'Eretz-Tziyon viy(e)rushalayim.The land of Zion and Jerusalem.



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Writer(s): Meir Amar, Naphtali Hertz Imber, Dannyel Abergel, Moti Yosephe, Gal Peremen, Avraham Albocher, Ram Yosifov, Yaakov Uzan, Dp
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