Verse - Nephtali Herz Imber 1878 Music by Samuel Cohen
In the DT -
http://mudcat.org/@displaysong.cfm?SongID=2531
National song of the nation of Israel.
As long as deep within the heart The soul of Judea is turbulent and strong, As long as to the East, forwardly, The eye toward Zion constantly is turned, Then our hope it is not dead, The ancient longing will be fulfilled, To return to the land -- the land of our fathers, The city of Jerusalem, where David encamped.
From Fireside Book of Folk Songs (mudcat)
TUNE: good midi https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hatikvah
Sincerely, Gargoyle Marching to Zion
WIKI Some people compare the first line of the refrain, "Our hope is not yet lost" ("??? ?? ???? ???????"), to the opening of the Polish national anthem, "Poland Is Not Yet Lost" ("Jeszcze Polska nie zginela") or the Ukrainian national anthem, "Ukraine Has Not Yet Perished" ("?? ?? ?????? ???????; Šce ne vmerla Ukrajina"). This line may also be a Biblical allusion to Ezekiel's "Vision of the Dried Bones" (Ezekiel 37: God's promise to redeem them and lead them back to the Land of Israel.