Im eshkachech Yerushalayim,
Tishkach yemini.
Tid'bak leshoni lechiki,
Im-lo ezkereichi:
Im-lo a'aleh et Yerushalayim
Al rosh simchati...
Ha'omrim:
"Aru, aru— ad hayessod bah!"
IF I FORGET THEE JERUSALEM
If I forget thee, O Jerusalem,
Let my right hand forget her cunning.
Let my tongue cleave to the roof of my mouth,
If I remember thee not;
If I set not Jerusalem
Above my chiefest joy.
(Against) who said:
'Rase it, rase it, even to its very foundation.'
אִם-אֶשְׁכָּחֵךְ יְרוּשָׁלִָם
אִם-אֶשְׁכָּחֵךְ יְרוּשָׁלִָם--
תִּשְׁכַּח יְמִינִי.
תִּדְבַּק-לְשׁוֹנִי, לְחִכִּי--
אִם-לֹא אֶזְכְּרֵכִי:
אִם-לֹא אַעֲלֶה, אֶת-יְרוּשָׁלִַם--
עַל, רֹאשׁ שִׂמְחָתִי.
...
הָאֹמְרִים, עָרוּ עָרוּ-- עַד, הַיְסוֹד בָּהּ.
