As long as in the Jewish heart
the soul is still alive,
the eye of desire will not rest
to look eastward for Tsion.

Our hope shall not perish
our age old hope
to live as a free people in our country
Eretz Tsion and Yerushalayim.

or

As long as in our hearts
there is a Jewish spirit
and our eyes turn to the east,
gazing at Zion,
our hope is not lost -
the hope of two thousand years,
to be a free people in our own land,
in the land of Zion,
in Jerusalem.

The ancient, (no translation):

Kol od balevav penimah
nefesh Yehudi homiyah
Ulefa-atej mizrach kadimah
'ayin LeTsion, tsofiah.

Chorus:
Od lo awvdah tikwatenu
ha'tikvah bat sh'not alpayim
liheyot am chofsi beartsenu
erets Tsion birushalayim.

Koll od demayot me-enenu,
izlu chegesjom nedavot,
urevavot mib'nei amenu
od holechim el kivei avot.

(chorus)

Kol od mei hayardeen begaon,
melo nedotav izlu,
uleyam kineret beshov,
bekol hamulah ip'lu.

(chorus)

Kol od hamot machamadenu
le-enenu mofa-at,
weal churban mikdasjenu,
ayin achad od doma-at.

(chorus)

Sjimeu ahai, beartsot nudi,
et kol ahad hozenu,
ki rak im aharoon hayehudi,
nam acaharit tikvatenu.

(chorus)