Lyrics: Naphtali Imber
Kol od ba-lei-vav p'-ni-mah
Ne-fesh Y'-hu-di ho-mi-yah
Ul-fa-a-tei miz-rach ka-di-mah
A-yin l'-tzi-yon tzo-fi--yah
Od lo a-v'-dah tik-va-tei-nu
Ha-tik-vah (bat) sh'-not al-pa-yim
L'-hi-yot am chof-shi b'-ar-tzei-nu
E-retz Tzi-yon Vi-ru-sha-la-yim
L'-hi-yot am chof-shi b'-ar-tzei-nu
E-retz Tzi-yon Vi-ru-sha-la-yim
Translation: So long as still within the innermost heart a Jewish spirit sings, so long as the eye looks eastward, gazing toward Zion, our hope is not lost, that hope of two thousand years to be a free people in our land, the land of Zion and Jerusalem.