Yavesh hakayitz be'ito 
Behar haGilboa. 
Nish'an Sha'ul al chanito 
Behar haGilboa. 
Rak na'ar ger imo, 
Rak na'ar mibnei Amalek. 
Yavesh vecham, yavesh vecham 
Hakayitz ba'emek*. 

Ha'adama - tziv'ah pecham 
Bakayitz ba'emek - 
Ulai haya sharav. 
Ulai zo hay'ta she'at shki'a. 
Ulai shki'at zahav - 
Kmo hayom be'ota hasha'a. 

Nifras ha'emek le'raglav 
Behar haGilboa. 
Haya hakayitz kmo achshav 
Behar haGilboa. 
Mineged haTavor 
Vehar haChermon bamerchak. 
Ke'ilu lo [bad word] shanim 
Behar haGilboa. 

Otam sela'im - sela'im shchunim 
Behar haGilboa. 
Ulai haya sharav. 
Ulai zo hay'ta she'at shki'a. 
Ulai shki'at zahav - 
Kmo hayom be'ota hasha'a.

ON MOUNT GILBOA 

Summer was dry in its time 
On Mount Gilboa. 
King Saul leaned on his spear 
On Mount Gilboa. 
Only a foreign boy was with him, 
Only a boy of the Amalek people. 
Dry and hot, dry and hot, 
Was the summer in the valley*. 

The earth - its color is charcoal 
In the summer in the valley - 
Perhaps there was a hot, dry heatwave. 
Perhaps it was at sunset. 
Perhaps a golden sunset - 
Like today at the same hour. 

The valley spread out at his feet 
On Mount Gilboa. 
The summer was then as it is now 
On Mount Gilboa. 
Opposite is Mount Tavor 
And Mount Chermon is in the distance. 
As though no years have passed 
On Mount Gilboa . 

Those same cliffs - very dry and hot cliffs 
On Mount Gilboa. 
Perhaps there was a hot, dry heatwave. 
Perhaps it was at sunset. 
Perhaps a golden sunset - 
Like today at the same hour.