Yeroushalaim Chel Zahav (Jerusalem of Gold)

Avir harim zalul kayayin 
Ve-rei'ah oranim 
Nissa be-ru'ah ha'arbayim 
Im kol pa'amonim 

U-ve-tardemat ilan va-even 
Shvuyah ba-halomah 
Ha-ir asher badad yoshevet 
U-ve-libbah homah 

Yerushalayim shel zahav 
Ve-shel nehoshet ve-shel or 
Ha-lo le-khol shirayikh 
Ani kinnor. 

Eikhah yavshu borot ha-mayim 
Kikkar ha-shuk reikah 
Ve-ein poked et Har ha-Bayit 
Ba-ir ha-attikah 

U-va-me'arot asher ba-selah 
Meyallelot ruhot 
Ve-ein yored el Yam ha-Melah 
Be-derekh Yeriho 

Yerushalayim shel zahav 
Ve-shel nehoshet ve-shel or 
Ha-lo le-khol shirayikh 
Ani kinnor. 

Akh be-vo'i ha-yom la-shir lakh 
Ve-lakh likshor ketarim 
Katonti mi-ze'ir bana'ikh 
U-me-aharon ha-meshorerim 

Ki shemekh zorev et ha-sefatayim 
Ke-neshikat saraf 
Im eshkakhekh Yerushalayim 
Asher kullah zahav 

Yerushalayim shel zahav 
Ve-shel nehoshet ve-shel or 
Ha-lo le-khol shirayikh 
Ani kinnor. 

Hazarnu el borot ha-mayim 
La-shuk ve-la-kikkar 
Shofar kore be-Har ha-Bayit 
Ba-ir ha-attikah 

U-va-me'arot asher ba-selah 
Alfey shemashot zorhot 
Nashuv nered el Yam ha-Melah 
Be-derekh Yeriho 

Yerushalayim shel zahav 
Ve-shel nehoshet ve-shel or 
Ha-lo le-khol shirayikh 
Ani kinnor.