Hanerot halalu anu madlikin
hanerot halalu anu madlikin
al hanisim ve'al hanifla'ot
ve'al hat'shuot ve'al hamilchamot.
She'asita la'avoteinu,
she'asita la'avoteinu
bayamim hahem, bayamim hahem,
bayamim hahem, bazman hazeh.

Al yedei kohaneicha, kohaneicha hak'doshim
vekol sh'monat yemei hachanukah
hanerot halalu kodesh hen
ve'ein lanu reshut lehishtamesh bahem,
ela lir'otam bilvad
ve'ein lanu reshut lehishtamesh bahem,
ela lir'otam bilvad.

These lights do we kindle
These lights do we kindle
about the miracles and the wonders,
about the salvations and the wars
that You did for our fathers
that You did for our fathers
in those days and that time,
in those days and that time,

By the hands of Your Holy "priests" (cohanim)
All the eight days of Hanukka
these lights are holy.
And we do not have permission to use them,
but only to look at them
And we do not have permission to use them,
but only to look at them