Hashemesh tidom bein Azah leRafi'ach,
yare'ach yal'bin al pisgat haChermon,
prachim bakaneh uvanot batzari'ach,
yashuvu la'ir chayalim behamon.
Kamah tov shebata habaitah
asita ambatiah,
hishkavta et hayeled lishon,
hu chikah lecha, sha'al eifoh aba
lo yad'a shehalachta
lehavi et hashalom
shemesh begiv'on dom
veyare'ach be'emek Ayalon
cholem al hamakom hazeh
bayom shenafsik bo lil'chom
venatchil bo linshom
maher kama'ayan
hamitgaber vemishtachrer
gorer yachas gorer yachas gorer
simcha vechiyuch ahavah vetmimut
shichrur shnei amim
me'avdut lecherut
banot al hatzari'ach bim'kom chayalim
prachim bakanim bim'kom pagazim
chalamti al hayom hitorarti bid'ma'ot
takshivu ve'eten lachem lir'ot.
Hashemesh...
Dai livkot achot k'tanah,
nagvi et ha'einaim
ani tomech letzidech,
machzik lach t'ayadaim
kulam basof metim,
chashuv li sheted'i
shelamrot shehu nafal chalal nish'ar belibi
shuv achim noflim k'mo alim bashalechet
vehachi kal zeh lakum la'azov lalechet
harei omrim shaneh makom shaneh mazal
ach ein lehistater miyad hagoral
az nish'arnu lanu kan vebaninu lanu bait
he'emanu bayonah bashalom aleh shel zait
ve'amadnu bahimnon veshiratnu batzava
vekavarnu chayalim vebachinu bashiv'ah
nafalnu lebirkaim veshuv al haraglaim
kshe'azlu hakadurim nilchamnu bayadaim
dai nishbar lanu hazayin lechakot leshalom
ani afsik al zeh lach'lom ad shelibi yidom.
Acharei chamishim veshesh shanah
shel haganah al habait
kim'at ve'avdah hatikvah leyonah
uvefi aleh shel zeit
aval anachnu kan lehazkir lekulam
she'asur levater al hayom
tzarich leshalev yad beyad
vebeyachad nahafoch lemetziut et hachalom.
Prachim bakaneh uvanot batzari'ach,
yashuvu la'ir chayalim behamon.
Hashemesh...