כֹּל עוֹד בַּלֵּבָב פְּנִימָה | As long as in the heart, within, | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
נֶפֶשׁ יְהוּדִי הוֹמִיָּה | A Jewish soul still yearns, | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
וּלְפַאֲתֵי מִזְרָח, קָדִימָה, | And onward, towards the ends of the east, | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
עַיִן לְצִיּוֹן צוֹפִיָּה, | an eye still gazes toward Zion; | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
עוֹד לֹא אָבְדָה תִּקְוָתֵנוּ, | Our hope is not yet lost, | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
הַתִּקְוָה בַּת שְׁנוֹת אַלְפַּיִם | The hope of two thousand years, | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
לִהְיוֹת עַם חָפְשִׁי בְּאַרְצֵנוּ, | To be a free nation in our land, | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
אֶרֶץ צִיּוֹן וִירוּשָׁלַיִם. | The land of Zion and Jerusalem. |
_________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ "It is not in the heavens, that you should say, "Who among us can go up to the heavens and get it for us and impart it to us, that we may observe it?" (...) No, the thing is very close to you, in your mouth and in your heart, to observe it". Deuteronomy