Silence - Yisra'el lyrics

As long as deep in the heart A Jewish soul still yearns And forward to the east To Zion, an eye still looks Our hope will not be lost The hope of two thousand years ('Od lo avdah tikvatenu Hatikvah bat shnot alpayim) To be a free nation in our own home-land (Lihyot am chofshi be'artzenu Eretz Tziyon vi'rushalayim) The land of Zion and Jerusalem My country, my country, my land My ancestors! My country, my country, my nation In the land of struggle! With determination, fire (Kol'od balevav P'nimah) And my volcanic revenge I hove climbed the mountains Crossed frontiers (Nefesh Yehudi homiyah) And fought the wars I've conquered the impossible With longing in my blood (Ulfa'atey mizrach kadimah) And the roar of gems For my country, my land, my home (Ayin le'tzion tzofiyah) My ancestors