Standard (EADGBE)
Ad kameh p'amim chafatzti
L'kabetz, I'kabetz et-banayich
Kaosher t'kabetz tarn'golet
Et efrocheiyah tochat k'nofeiya
Yerushalayim, Yerushalayim
Ad kameh p'amim chafatzti
L'kabetz et-banayich
Hebrew translation: Matthew 23:37
O Jerusalem, Jerusalem - how often I have longed to gather your children together
as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings.