Hatikvah

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Naftali Herz Imber

Hebrew Lyrics

Kol od baleivav penima,
nefesh Yehudi homiya.
Ulefatei mizrach kadima,
ayin letsiyon tso fiya.

Od lo aveda tikvateinu,
hatikvah shenot alpayim,
liheyot am chofchi beartseinu,
be-erets tsiyon virushalayim.

Translation

So long as still within the inmost heart a Jewish spirit
sings, so long as the eye looks eastward, gazing toward
Zion, our hope is not lost - that hope of two millennia, to
be a free people in our land of Zion and Jerusalem.

The Israeli Anthem.fgh Inspired by Smetna's Moldau

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Added June 1st, 1999