Hava nagila

Come on, let's rejoice, come on, let's rejoice,

Hava nagila, hava nagila,

הָבָה נָגִילָה, הָבָה נָגִילָה,

Come on, let's rejoice and be happy!

Hava nagila ve-nismeha!

!הָבָה נָגִילָה וְנִשְׂמְחָה

Come on, let's exult*, come on, let's exult,

Hava neranena, hava neranena,

הָבָה נְרַנְּנָה, הָבָה נְרַנְּנָה,

Come on, let's exult and be happy!

Hava neranena, ve-nismeha!

!הָבָה נְרַנְּנָה וְנִשְׂמְחָה

Wake up, wake up, brothers!

‘Uru, ‘uru ’ahim,

עוּרוּ, עוּרוּ אַחִים,

Wake up, brothers, with a happy heart!

‘Uru ’ahim be-lév saméah!

!עוּרוּ אַחִים בְּלֵב שָׂמֵחַ

* רִנֵּן [rinnén] to exult / to shout for joy / to sing cheerfully

Lyrics : Abraham Zvi Idelsohn, 1917 (wording inspired from Psalms 95 and 118)
Folk music from Central Europa