____________________ 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.'