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composer/group:
Naftali Herz Imber, Samuel Cohen, folk melody
title:
Hatikva - National Anthem of Israel
category:
National anthems
lyrics or other text:
Transliteration
Kol od balevav p'nimah
Nefesh Yehudi homiyah
Ulfa'atey mizrach kadimah
Ayin l'Tzion tzofiyah
Od lo avdah tikvatenu
Hatikvah bat shnot alpayim
L'hiyot am chofshi b'artzenu
Eretz Tzion v'Yerushalayim
translation
As long as deep in the heart,
The soul of a Jew yearns,
And forward to the East
To Zion, an eye looks
Our hope will not be lost,
The hope of two thousand years,
To be a free nation in our land,
The land of Zion and Jerusalem.
Melody appears as a theme in Smetana's "Moldau". Apparently both come from the same Moldavian folksong.
