Shilo Ben Hod – The Hope

kol od belibenu pe’ima, roim shelo shachachta et amcha
(As long as our heart is beating, it’s clear you haven’t forgotten Your people)
roim shelo herpeta milhagen, ve’et darkenu yom yom mechaven
(It’s clear you haven’t ceased protecting and directing our ways daily)
afilu shedachinu et bincha, velo shamanu lekol kriatcha
(Even though we’ve rejected Your son, and haven’t turned our ears to Your call)
afilu she’avru alfey shana, somchim anachnu al havtachatcha
(Even though thousands of years have passed, we trust Your promise)

ki od lo avda tikva lirot et artsecha
(For our hope is not gone, to see Your land)
bo’eret bitshuka, koret baruch haba
(Burning with passion, calling “blessed is He who comes”)
lirot masveh musar, et amenu meshuchrar
(To see the veil removed, our people set free)
ume’a she’arim ptuchim levo’acha
(And a hundred gates open for Your coming)

lo tachazik laad apcha, ki retsoncha hu lehoshia et amcha
(You do not stay angry forever, for Your desire is to save Your people)
uleharot et chasdecha, ulehagid et hamila ha’achrona
( And to show Your mercy, and to have the final word)
shuv terachem, veshuv tichvosh, keshenikra baruch haba, baruch bincha
(You’ll have mercy, and conquer, when we call “Welcome to the coming One,
blessed be Your son”)
ve’az tishpoch et ruchecha, hasof yadua kvar mehaharchala
(Then You will pour Your spirit, the end is known from the beginning)

כָּל עוֹד בְּלִבֵּנוּ פְּעִימָה, רוֹאִים שֶׁלֹּא שָׁכַחְתָּ אֶת עַמְּךָ
רוֹאִים שֶׁלֹּא הֵרְפֶּתׇ מִלְּהָגֵן, וְאֶת דַּרְכֵּנוּ יוֹם יוֹם מְכַוֵּן
אֲפִלּוּ שֶׁדָּחִינוּ אֶת בִּנְךָ, וְלֹא שָׁמַעְנוּ לְקוֹל קְרִיאָתְךָ
אֲפִלּוּ שֶׁעָבְרוּ אַלְפֵי שָׁנָה, סוֹמְכִים אֲנַחְנוּ עַל הַבְטָחָתְךָ

כִּי עוֹד לֹא אָבְדָה תִּקְוָה, לִרְאוֹת אֶת אַרְצְךָ
בּוֹעֶרֶת בִּתְשׁוּקָה, קוֹרֵאת בָּרוּךְ הַבָּא
לִרְאוֹת מַסְוֶה מוּסָר, עַמֵּנוּ מְשֻׁחְרָר
וּמֵאָה שְׁעָרִים פְּתוּחִים לְבוֹאֲךָ