Translation of the song עם ישראל חי artist Mordechai Ben David

Am Ysroel Chai

The people of Israel are alive

Kan zo hatora, vekan zo hatfilah

Here is the Torah, and here is the prayer,

Vekan shokhenet hashkhina

and here is the divine spirit

Kan artzeinu hakdosha, asher natata

here is our holy land, which you gave us

Lo nazuz mikan le'olam.

we will never move from here.

Kan zo habrakha, vekan zo havtakha,

here is the blessing, and here is the promise,

Mikan tavo hage'ula

from here will come the salvation

Mashiach Ben-David yavo veyig'alenu,

the redeemer, son of David will come and redeem us

Lo nazuz mikan.

we will not move from here.

Eretz shenitna bitnai,

A land that was given in a conditio,

Im tishmeru et khukotai,

if you'll obey my laws,

Likhyot be'eret ha'avot,

to live in the fatherland,

Lishmor ulekayem mitzvot

to keep and fulfill your commandments

Lizkor ki im kol hatikvot

to remember that with all the hopes

Am Yisrael khai!

the people of Israel are alive!

Kan anu bonim, vekan anu khaim,

here we are bilding, and here we are leaving

Mikan lenetzakh netzakhim

from here, for eternity,

Nekebal aleinu ol malkhut shamayim,

we will excepet the yoke of Heaven

Velo nazuz mikan le'olam

and we will never move from here

Kan yashavnu zkenim, zkenot ve'ne'arim,

here we sat, old and young

Mikan ve'ad akharit yamim

from here and until the end of the days

Nakhon yihiye har bait

prepared will be the temple mount

HaShem biyerushalaim

God in Jerusalem

Velo nazuz mikan

and we will not move from here

Kan yakum mikdash, cohen gadol yigash,

here will arise the temple, high priest will approach

Lekol shirat haleviyim

to the sound of the Leviyim

Veshir hama'alot nashir kulanu yakhad,

and Shir HaMa'alot we will all sing together

Lo nazuz mikan le'olam.

we will never move frome here.

Kan yavo go'el, le'eretz Yisrael,

here will come a redeemer, to the land of Israel,

Ve'ish el akhiv yomar:

and to one another we will say:

Khazak khazak venitkhazek kulanu yakhad

Strong and be strengthened, all of us together

Velo nazuz mikan.

and we will note move from here.

Hatora hi khayenu,

the Torah is our lives

Nitna lanu bizkhut avoteinu

that was given to us for our fathers's right

Ankhnu kan be'artznu

we are here in our cuntry and we will never ove form here.

Lo nazuz mikan le'olam.

and will not move fron here.