Lyrics - Transliteration
(Hebrew folk song)
Mi yimalel gvurot Yisrael,
Otan mi yimne?
Hen be’chol dor yakum ha’gibor
Goel ha’am!
Shma!
Ba’yamim ha’hem ba’zman ha’ze
Maccabi moshia u’fode
U’v’yameinu kol am Yisrael
Yitached yakum ve’yigael!
Singable English Version
Who can retell the things that befell us,
Who can count them?
In every age, a hero or sage
Came to our aid.
Hark!
In this time of year in days of yore
Maccabees the Temple did restore
And tonight our people as we dream
Will arise, unite, and be redeemed.
Literal English Translation – Who Can Retell
Who can tell of the heroic deeds of Israel?
Who can count them?
Yes in every generation a hero arises
To save the people.
Listen!
In those days at this time
The Maccabee saved and redeemed
But in our days the whole people Israel
Will unite, arise, and save.
Hebrew – מי ימלל
מי ימלל גבורות ישראל
אותן מי ימנה
הן בכל דור יקום הגיבור
גואל העם
שמע
בימים ההם בזמן הזה
מכבי מושיע ופודה
ובימינו כל עם ישראל
יתאחד, יקום ויגאל
See also
- Language: Hebrew
- Subject: Hanukkah
- Harmony: major & minor / canons
- Meter: 4
- Scale: harmonic minor (2nd half)
YouTube
- PDF of song with chords
- MIDI file
- Listen to the melody
