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 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, fire
Kol´od balevav P´nimah -
And my volcanic revenge,
I hove climbed the mountains,
Crossed frontiers
Nefesh Yehudi homiyah
And fought the wars.

I´ve conquered the impossible,
With longing in my blood
Ulfa´atey mizrach kadimah
And the roar of gems,
For my country, my land, my home,
Ayin le´tzion tzofiyah - -
My ancestors