Tikvah

Hope

Tikvah

I saw how many of them wentAni raiti kama hem halchu
further than they shouldyoter midai mehem lo chazru
friends separated, houses shatteredchaverim nif'redu, batim nishberu
tears of families spilleddmaot shel mishpachot nishpechu

People's buds, flowers that didn't bloomNitsanim shel anashim, prachim shelo yifrechu
our hope in our heads, love in our soulshatikvah berashenu, ahavah benafshenu,
the dream in our spirits will continue on our pathhachalom beruchenu az le'ad namshich bedarkenu.

We'll whisper to the silence, the sounds of war againNe'elmah la had'mamah, shuv kolot hamilchamah,
is there still a soldier wrapped in a flag? in the country's flagod chayal chozer atuf bemah? bedegel hamedinah
blood and tears are absorbed into the grounddam vedim'ah nisfagim ba'adamah
Still, with its blemish, it remains only a pictureOd imah hamumah, nisharah lah rak tmunah,
our hope in our hearts is not weak, if strong, it won't be suppressedt'tikvah balev noel, im chazak lo nitkapel,
for a son who wasn't born to a whore to imprison Israelki lo nolad haben zonah sheya'atsor et yisrael.

Give me hope to accept what isn'tTen li t'tikvah lekabel ma she'ein
the strength to change what iset hakoach leshanot ma sheken.

Come, let's continue life before usBo'u namshich hachaim lefaneinu
not late because tomorrow is a new daylo meuchar ki machar yom chadash
dream will rise if we lose hopehachalom yigava im ne'abed et hatikvah
then they'll extend a hand to loveaz hoshitu yad l'ahavah.

You promised a dove, in the sky there's an eagleHevtachtem yonah, barakia yesh ayit,
my brother, a vulture, a bad serpent, this isn't the shadow of an olive treeachi, sarpad ra'il okets ze lo ale shel zait,
life in a dream, all talk about peacechaim bachalom, kulam medabrim al shalom
but they shoot, stab, pull, push, oppressaval yurim, loch'tsim, mosh'chim, soch'tim, t'ha'edek

in a world of conflicts, innocent victims still speakba'olam shel piguim, anasim tmimim od medabrim
life in the shadow of justicechaim be'ashlayat hatsedek,
they spread in them justicehem marchivim ba'em et hasedek.

Overcome daily challenges to surviveOver teruf yomyomi kdei lisrod,
not wanting to live to fightlo rotseh lichyot kdei lehilachem,
endure to lives'av nilcham kdei lichyot
plant hope, rooting rootsnot'a tikvah, mesharish shorshim,
shield in the body on the dreammagen begufi al hachalom
that won't break into piecesshelo yitnapets lerasisim
enough, filling with pain enough with sorrowdai, maspim im hake'ev maspik im hadramah
the earth's yearning is not pleasant, and why?shanah ha'adamah medamemet lo nema, velamah?

Give me a little hope to accept what isn'tTen li t'atikvah lekabel ma she'ein
the strength to change what iset hakoach leshanot ma sheken.

Come, let's continue life before usbou namshich hachaim lefaneinu
not late because tomorrow is a new daylo meuchar ki machar yom chadash
dream will rise if we lose hopehachalom yegava im ne'abed et hatikvah
then they'll extend a hand to loveaz hoshitu yad l'ahavah.

God, give me a little hope to accept what isn'tElohim, ten li t'atikvah lekabel ma she'ein
the courage to try to fix the worldet haomets lenasot letaken et haolam.

Come, let's continue life before usbou namshich hachaim lefaneinu
not late because tomorrow is a new daylo meuchar ki machar yom chadash
dream will rise if we lose hopehachalom yegava im ne'abed et hatikvah
then they'll extend a hand to loveaz hoshitu yad l'ahavah.

God, give me a little hope to accept what isn'tElohim, ten li t'atikvah lekabel ma she'ein
Give me the strength to change what isTen li et hakoach leshanot et ma sheken.
the courage to try to fix the worldet haomets lenasot letaken et ha'olam.

Come, let's continue life before usBou namshich hachaim lefaneinu
not late because tomorrow is a new daylo meuchar ki machar yom chadash
dream will rise if we lose hopehachalom yegava im ne'abed et hatikvah
then they'll extend a hand to loveaz hoshitu yad l'ahavah.