Omrim Yeshna Eretz They Say There is a Land

Lyrics: Shaul Tchernichovsky, 3291

Music: Naomi Shemer, 3299

1. Low omrim yeshnah eretz
eretz shchurat shemesh
ayeh otah eretz
eifoh otah shemesh
They say there is a land
A land drunk with sun
Where is that land?
Where is that sun?
2. Low omrim yeshnah eretz
amudeha shivah
shivah kochvei lechet
tzatzim al kol givah
They say there is a land
A land of seven pillars
A land where seven stars
Peek out over every hill
3. High eifoh otah eretz
kochvei otah givah
mi yanchenu derech
yagid li hantivah
Where is that land?
The stars of that hill?
Who will show us the way?
Who will tell me the path?
4. Low kvar avarnu kamah
midbarot veyamim
kvar halachnu kamah
kochoteinu tamim
Weve already crossed
Many deserts and seas
Weve already endured much
Our strength is giving out
5. Low keitzad ze tainu
terem hunach lanu
otah eretz shemesh
otah lo matzanu
How did we go astray
Not yet having found rest?
That land of sun
That land, we havent found
6. High eretz ba yitkayem
asher kol ish kivah
nichnas kol hanichnas
paga bo akiva
A land in which everything
We dreamed of, would come true
Everyone would walk in
And meet [Rabbi] Akiva:
7. Low shalom lecha akiva
shalom lecha harabi
eifoh hem hakdoshim
eifoh hamakabi
Good day to you, Akiva
Good day to you, Rabbi
Where are the holy men?
Where is the Maccabee?
8. Low oneh lo akiva
omer lo harabi
kol yisrael kdoshim
ata hamakabi
Replies to him, Akiva
Says to him, the Rabbi:
All of Israel are holy
You are the Maccabee!
9. High = 3 eifoh otah eretz
10. Low = 1 omrim yeshnah eretz
11. Low omrim yeshna eretz
eretz revat shemesh
ayeh otah eretz
eifoh otah shemesh
They say there is a land
A land drenched with sun
Where is that land?
Where is that sun?