Bashanah Habaah

Bashana haba'a, neshev al hamirpeset venispor tziporim nodedot.
Next year we will sit on the porch And count all the migrating birds 

Yeladim, bekhoufsha, yesakhakhu tofeset beyn habayit, oulebeyn hasadot.
Children on vacation will play catch Between the house and the fields 

Od tire, od tire, kama tov yihye, bashana, bashana haba'a
You will see, you will see How good it will be 
Next Year


Soon the day will arrive
When we will be together
And no longer will we live in fear.

And the children will smile
Without wondering whether
On that dark day new clouds will appear.

Wait and see, wait and see
What a world there can be
If we share, if we care, you and me  (repeat stanza)

We have dreamed, we have died
To make a bright tomorrow
And their vision remains in our hearts.

Now the torch must be passed
With hope and not in sorrow
And a promise to make a new start.


haggadah Section: Songs
Source: Traditional