Speed Your Journey

Speed your journey my thoughts and my longings
Speed your journey to mountain and valley
Where the sweet scented air breathes a fragrance
O'er the homes that we knew long ago

To the waters of Jordan, bear greeting
To the downfallen temples of Zion
Oh my country, so fair and so wretched
Oh remembrance of joy and of woe

Golden harps of the prophets oh tell me
Why so si-lent ye hang from the willow
Once again sing the songs of our homeland
Sing again of the days that are past

We have drunk from the cup of affliction
And have shed bitter tears (Bitter Tears) of repentance
Oh inspire us Jehovah with courage,

So that we may endure to the last
So that we may endure to the last
So that we may endure to the last
May endure to the last.