Kol Ud Balevav Penima Nefesh yehudit homiya Ulifatei Mizrach Kadima Ayin lezion zofia Od loh avdah tikvateinu Hatikva bat shnot alpayim Liyot am chofsh…i b'artzeinu Eretz Zion Ve'yerushalayim .
The song is much longer, but the part written above is the main part, and most popular. (MORE)
Hatikvah: English Version .
A Jewish soul still yearns,.
And onward, towards the ends of the east,.
An eye still gazes toward Zion;.
Our hope is not yet lost,.
The hope …of two thousand years,.
To be a free people in our land,.
The land of Zion and Jerusalem. (MORE)
Hatikvah is the national anthem of Israel. The words are taken from a poem written by Naphtali Herz Imber in 1877. The melody comes from La Mantovana, a 17th century Italian s…ong by Giuseppe Cenci. It became the official national anthem in November 2004. (MORE)