Na'arah tova yefat einayim |
A kind and beautiful girl |
Lanu yesh b'eretz Yisrael |
We have in the Land of Israel |
Veyeled tov Yerushalayim |
A good boy, Jerusalem |
Ho mi pilel, umi milel |
Who would have thought or said it? |
Vetorah orah kazo yesh lanu |
And we have a glowing torah |
Vegam hagadah ve megilah |
And also a hagadah and a megillah |
Ve'elohim echad shelanu |
And our one G_d |
Vekol chatan vekol kala |
And the voice of a groom and a bride. |
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Eretz Yisrael Yaffa |
Israel is beautiful |
Eretz Yisrael porachat |
Israel is blooming |
At yoshva ba vetsofah |
You sit and watch |
At tsofah ba vezorachat |
You watch and you shine |
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Lanu yesh achai harim alpayim |
We have, my brother, two thousand mountains |
Ma na'avu raglay hamivaser |
Pleasant are the steps of the messenger on them |
Vechasid ba'ir hazo yesh lanu |
And we have a Hasid in this city. |
Vegam chalayot ve gam perachim |
And also soldiers and flowers |
Vehabrachot kulan shelanu |
And all the blessings are ours |
Vehabsorot vehashvachim |
And the tidings and the gains |
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Veha'amek hu caftor veperach |
And the valley is tip-top |
Vehahar hu perach vecaftor |
And the mountain is tip-top |
Vehatsafon shelagim vekarach |
And the North is snow and ice |
Ve hadrom zahav tahor |
And the South is pure gold. |
Kol hapardesim notnim can reyach |
All the orange grove give off their odor |
vehashkediyot kulan porchot |
And all the almond trees are in bloom |
hashemesh can tamid zoreach |
The sun is always shining here |
Al mei togah umenuchot |
Over the waters of grief and resting places |
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Gam lapirchachim asher beineinu |
Even for the roughnecks who are among us |
Yesh makom be'eretz Yisrael |
There is a place in Israel |
Min hatzarot shelah aleinu |
From the troubles upon us |
Atah verak atah go'el |
You and only you will free us |
Bechachol lavan munaph hadegel |
In blue and white the flag waves |
Velirushalayim kol shirai |
And for Jerusalem are all my songs |
Anachnu shuv olim leregel |
We will return on a pilgrimage |
Ho, shiri; "Am Yisrael Chai" |
And my song; "Am Yisrael Chai" |