Yashavta bachalon vekarata mitoch sefer
al ishah shemechakah lemishehu
k'shehazman cholef
vehayita beyakruti
al eich shehaguf shelcha yoshev
al mi atah be'etzem menaseh lehit'chabev

Bit'munah shniyah, nish'anta al habar
betoch hamo'adon betoch samim nozlim
mi ha'avudim shemis'vivcha atah sho'el
velamah kol zeh zaz, matai holchim

Yesh shirim shemishehu kvar shar otam mizman
aval atah kotev otam rishon
betoch harosh shel mishehu acher
mis'tateret mach'shavah
shemetak'teket k'mo sha'on
Palermo ir hakayitz hak'sumah
yesh katalog t'nufat b'niyah g'dolah
tikach et atzmecha mikan
velech lishon

Bit'munah shlishit tayalta barechov
betoch ha'anashim bim'komot g'dolim
vehayita bikurti al eich sheharosh shelcha oved
mimah atah be'etzem kol kach mefached

Kamah neshikot ben adam yachol liz'kor
achrei esrim shanah im tis'takel az le'achor
ulai hayita bikorti al eich sheha'olam oved
al eich shekulam me'ashnim po
ve'eich shehaguf shelcha omed