Arik Einstein - Shir Ashayara

bilshonot rabot misefor dibarnu

In countless languages we spoke

veze et ze kimat bichlal shelo hikarnu

And each other we hardly even knew

umkomot rabim meod azavnu

And many places we left behind

verak makom echad ratzinu veahavnu

But only one place we wanted and loved

umkomot rabim meod azavnu

And many places we left behind

veel haaretz, el haaretz banu

And to the land, to the land we came

venimshechet shayara min hamea sheovra

And a caravan continues from the last century

rechokim kevar hayotzim ikarim vachalutzim

Far away already are those who left farmers and pioneers

sheomlu ovdu beferech

Who toiled and labored in hardship

beli lirot et sof haderech

Without seeing the end of the road

veachshav ovrim anachnu

And now we are passing through

lo shakatnu velo nachnu

We haven't rested and we haven't stopped

lo yamshichu biladeynu

They won't continue without us

zohi harpatkat chayeynu

This is the adventure of our lives

migetaot umachanot higachnu

From ghettos and camps we emerged

el habitzot veel hayeshimon halachnu

To the swamps and the wilderness we went

miketzot arav, merusya ufolanya

From the ends of Arabia, from Russia and Poland

hidlaknu or gam bedimona gam bidganya

We lit a light in Dimona and in Degania too

miketzot arav, merusya ufolanya

From the ends of Arabia, from Russia and Poland

hidlaknu or gam bedimona gam bidganya

We lit a light in Dimona and in Degania too

umikol hagaluyot veim kol habeayot

And from all the diasporas and with all the problems

am notzar veeretz kama vesafa asher nirdema

A nation was created and a land arose and a language that had fallen asleep

shuv hitchila mitoreret umdaberet umdaberet

Again began to awaken and speak and speak

misaviv yahom hasaar rav hakoshi vehatzaar

All around the storm will rage great is the hardship and the sorrow

aval yesh al ma lismocha

But there is something to be glad about

yesh od ometz yesh od kocha

There is still courage there is still strength

eych yisrael tzomachat misevivenu

How Israel grows around us

hi chazaka yoter mikol chesronoteynu

She is stronger than all our shortcomings

vegam hanegev od yihye porecha

And the Negev will still bloom

veod nidag shehazaken yihye samecha

And we'll still make sure the old man is happy