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Havah Nagilah, "Let us rejoice" is an Israeli folk song traditionally sung at Jewish celebrations. It is perhaps the first modern Israeli folk song that has become a staple of band performers at Jewish weddings . It was composed in the 1920s in the British Mandate of Palestine. For the first time, Jews were being encouraged to speak Hebrew as a common language, instead of Yiddish,Arabic, Ladino, or other regional Jewish languages.
Let's rejoice | |||
| Hava nagila | Let's rejoice | ||
| Hava nagila ve-nismeḥa | Let's rejoice and be happy | ||
| (repeat) | |||
| Hava neranenah | Let's sing | ||
| Hava neranenah | Let's sing | ||
| Hava neranenah ve-nismeḥa | Let's sing and be happy | ||
| (repeat) | |||
| Uru, uru aḥim! | Awake, awake, my brothers! | ||
| Uru aḥim be-lev sameaḥ | Awake my brothers with a happy heart | ||
| (repeat line four times) | |||
| Uru aḥim, uru aḥim! | Awake, my brothers, awake,my brothers! | ||
| Be-lev sameaḥ | With a happy heart |
