Shir HaMa’alot
Sagol kahe li baneshama
Dam veyaza vedma’ot
Velo eda lemi velama
Uma kedai bichlal lir’ot

Sagol kahe li baneshama
Ketzef yam ve’oniyot
Uvebeit avi ha’adama
Zo’eket shir
Shir hama’alot

Shir hama’alot la’yofi velatom
Shir hama’alot hayom uvechol yom
Shir hama’alot po lechol ke’ev
Shir hama’alot lecha mikol ohev

Yachol adam lichyot me’a
Ve’et einayich lo lir’ot
Yachol adam lichyot me’a
Uvevanayich rak lit’ot

Sagol kahe lo kol hayom
Shachor kim’at bli lir’ot
Ulechol haba kore shalom
Shalom beshir hama’alot

Shir hama’alot la’yofi velatom
Shir hama’alot hayom uvechol yom
Shir hama’alot po lechol ke’ev
Shir hama’alot lecha mikol ohev

Shir hama’alot la’yofi velatom
Shir hama’alot hayom uvechol yom
Shir hama’alot po lechol ke’ev
Shir hama’alot lecha mikol ohev

Song of Ascents
Dark purple dwells in my soul,
Blood and sweat and tears,
And I do not know for whom and why,
And what is even worth seeing.

Dark purple is in my soul,
Sea foam and ships,
And in my father’s house the earth
Cries out a song —
A Song of Ascents.

A Song of Ascents for beauty and innocence,
A Song of Ascents today and every day,
A Song of Ascents here for every pain,
A Song of Ascents to you from every lover.

A person may live a hundred years
And never see your eyes,
A person may live a hundred years
And among your children only wander astray.

Dark purple is his all day long,
Almost black, without seeing,
And to all who come he calls out peace —
Peace in the Song of Ascents.

A Song of Ascents for beauty and innocence,
A Song of Ascents today and every day,
A Song of Ascents here for every pain,
A Song of Ascents to you from every lover.

A Song of Ascents for beauty and innocence,
A Song of Ascents today and every day,
A Song of Ascents here for every pain,
A Song of Ascents to you from every lover.