Ani zocheret et ha-yom, she-bo nifgashnu,
Hayiti ktzat akheret.
Al ha-safsal alav yashavnu
Ani pit'om nizkeret.
Eykh hayinu yeladim,
Eykh rainu et ha-khayim,
Lo pakhadnu me-af ekhad,
Ve-eykh she-amarta li:
"At af pa'am lo tihyi levad".
Ani zocheret she-heveta li perakh ba-simtaot shel Yafo.
Ani zocheret she-samta li yad 'al ha-lev,
Hivtakhta li she-lo tifg'a bo.
Ve-ratznu le-kfarim,
Shamayim behirim,
Sharta li shirim yafim 'al khofesh,
Ha-ruakh, ha-'alim,
Katavta li milim,
Ve-kshe-higi'a khoshech...
Amarta li lizroakh kmo shemesh,
Lekhayech el-ha-sheket
Ve-lehamshikh gam ba-erev
Lekhamem rak otcha
Ve-lishloakh karnayim etzlecha be-shamayim,
She-titen li makom le-ahava.
Ani zocheret she-barakhnu el ha-mezakh mul ha-sfinot ba-'erev,
She-amarta: "shniya itakh ze netzakh,
Ha-kol itach nir'e akheret".
Eykh be-toch kol ha-levad
Hoshateta li yad,
Amarta li milim yafot be-sheket...
Ve-eykh ha-yom,
Kshe-ata lo po pit'om,
Ani shuv nizkeret...
Amarta li lizroakh kmo shemesh,
Lekhayech el-ha-sheket
Ve-lehamshikh gam ba-erev
Lekhamem rak otcha
Ve-lishloakh karnayim etzlecha be-shamayim,
She-titen li makom le-ahava.