1.
Avir harim tsalùl kayaïn
wereyah ’oranim
Nisa’ berùah ‘arbayim
‘im qol pa‘amonim
ùvtardemat ’ilan wa’even
shvùya bahalomah
ha‘ir ’asher badad yoshevet
ùvelibah homah
Yerùshalayim shel zahav weshel nehoshet weshel ’or
halo’ lekhol shirayikh ’ani kinor
Yerùshalayim shel zahav weshel nehoshet weshel ’or
halo’ lekhol shirayikh ’ani kinor
3.
Eïkha yavshù borot hamayim
kikar hashùq rekah
we’eïn poqed ’et har-habayit ba‘ir ha‘atikah
ùvame‘arot asher basela‘
meyalelot rùhot
we’eïn yored el-yam hammelah
bederekh yeriho
Yerùshalayim shel zahav weshel nehoshet weshel ’or
halo’ lekhol shirayikh ’ani kinor
Yerùshalayim shel zahav weshel nehoshet weshel ’or
halo’ lekhol shirayikh ’ani kinor
4.
Akh bevo’i hayyom lashir lakh
welakh liqshor ktarim
qatonti mitse‘ir banaïkh
ùme’ahron hamshorerim
ki shmekh tsorev et-hasfatayim
kineshiqat saraf
’im eshkahekh yerùshalayim
’asher kùlah zahav
Yerùshalayim shel zahav weshel nehoshet weshel ’or
halo’ lekhol shirayikh ’ani kinor
Yerùshalayim shel zahav weshel nehoshet weshel ’or
halo’ lekhol shirayikh ’ani kinor
2.
Hazarnù ’el borot hammayim
lashùq welakikar
shofar kore’ behar habayit
ba‘ir ha‘atiqah
ùvame‘arot ’asher basela‘
’alfey shmashot zorhot
nashùv nered le yam-hammelah
bederekh yeriho
Yerùshalayim shel zahav weshel nehoshet weshel ’or
halo’ lekhol shirayikh ’ani kinor
Yerùshalayim shel zahav weshel nehoshet weshel ’or
halo’ lekhol shirayikh ’ani kinor