TIKVAH

Ani raiti kamah hem halchu
yoter midai mehem lo chazru
chaverim nif'redu, batim nishberu
dmaot shel mishpachot nishpechu
nitzanim shel anashim, prachim shelo yifrechu
hatikvah berashenu, ahavah benafshenu,
hachalom beruchenu az le'ad namshich bedarkenu.

Ne'elmah lah had'mamah, shuv kolot hamilchamah,
od chayal chozer atuf bemah? bedegel hamedinah
dam vedim'ah nis'fagim ba'adamah
Od imah hamumah, nish'arah lah rak tmunah,
t'atikvah b'lev noel, im chazak lo nitkapel,
ki lo nolad haben zonah sheya'atzor et yisrael.

Ten li t'atikvah lekabel mah she'ein
et hako'ach leshanot ma sheken.

Bo'u namshich hachaim lefaneinu
lo me'uchar ki machar yom chadash
hachalom yigava im ne'abed et hatikvah
az hoshitu yad la'ahavah.

Hiv'tachtem yonah, barakia yesh ayit,
achi, sarpad ra'il oketz zeh lo aleh shel zait,
chaim bachalom, kulam medabrim al shalom
aval yorim, lochatzim, mosh'chim, sochatim, t'ahedek
ba'olam shel piguim, anashim tmimim od medabrim
chaim be'ashlayat hatzedek,
hem marchivim ba'em et hasedek.

Over teruf yomyomi kdei lis'rod,
lo rotzeh lichyot kdei lehilachem,
sub nil'cham kdei lichyot
note'a tikvah, mash'rish shorashim,
magen begufi al hachalom
shelo yitnapetz leresisim
dai, maspik im hake'ev maspik im hadramah
shanah sheha'adamah medamemet lo nema, velamah?

Ten li t'atikvah lekabel mah she'ein
et hako'ach leshanot ma sheken.

Bou namshich hachaim lefaneinu
lo meuchar ki machar yom chadash
hachalom yegava im ne'abed et hatikvah
az hoshitu yad l'ahavah.

Elohim, ten li t'atikvah lekabel mah she'ein
et ha'ometz lenasot letaken et haolam.

Bou namshich hachaim lefaneinu
lo meuchar ki machar yom chadash
hachalom yegava im ne'abed et hatikvah
az hoshitu yad l'ahavah.

Elohim, ten li t'atikvah lekabel mah she'ein
Ten li et hako'ach leshanot et mah sheken.
et ha'ometz lenasot letaken et ha'olam.

Bou namshich hachaim lefaneinu
lo meuchar ki machar yom chadash
hachalom yegava im ne'abed et hatikvah
az hoshitu yad l'ahavah.

HOPE

I saw how many they went
Too many of them did not return
Friends separated, houses broken,
tears of families spilled
buds of people flowers that didn't flower
the hope in our heads, the love in our hearts, the dream in our spirits so we continue in our path.

The silence has disappeared for it, again sounds of war
another soldier returns, wrapped in what? In the flag of the country, blood and tears absorbed by the land
and another shocked mother is left with just a picture
the hope is locked in the heart, the strong nation will not fold over, 'cuz the s.o.b. that can stop Israel has not been born.

Give me the hope to accept what there isn't
the strength to change what there is.

Let's continue, our life is in front of us
it's not late because tomorrow is a new day
the dream will perish if we lose the hope
so reach out to love.

You promised a dove, in the sky there's a hawk
brother, poisonous twig pricks, this is not an olive branch
living in a dream, everybody talks about peace
but they shoot, oppress, pull, squeeze the trigger
In a world of suicide attacks, the people are still talking
living in an illusion of righteousness,
they widen the rift in the nation.

I go through madness every day in order to survive
don't want to live in order to fight,
sub fights in order to live
plant hope, sends out roots
shield in my body for the dream
so it won't be shattered to splinters
enough, enough with the hurt, enough with the tears
a year that the land bleeds not sleeping and why?

Give me the hope to accept what there isn't
the strength to change what there is.

Let's continue, our life is in front of us
it's not late because tomorrow is a new day
the dream will perish if we lose the hope
so reach out to love

G-d, give me the hope to accept what there isn't
give me the courage to try to fix the world.

Let's continue, our life is in front of us
it's not late because tomorrow is a new day
the dream will perish if we lose the hope
so reach out to love

G-d, give me the hope to accept what there isn't
Give me the strength to change what is
Give me the courage to try to fix the world.

Let's continue, our life is in front of us
It's not late because tomorrow is a new day
The dream will perish if we lose the hope
So reach out to love.


Hebrew words

LYRICS
hebrew: Yoav Eliasi and Kobi Shimoni (Subliminal & Hatzel)
MUSIC
unknown
SINGER
Subliminal, Galit Dahan & Sivan Behnam
CD
The Light and the Shadow Track 19

Words transliterated by George Jakubovits of Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Words translated by Manuel Goldstein of Madrid, Spain.
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