L'raglav shel hahar, l'chofo shel nahar
Hi yashva l'vada - Hateid u ma soda?
HaYarden az shatak,
HaChermon shuv tzachak
Rak sipra hashtika ki hi lo m'chaka

Az rachash Yarden b'chalal od nishma
V'rachash bichya shel yalda asher shma -

Kineret, Kineret, Kineret
Haru'ach lach shar
Haru'ach lach shar
V'shemesh Yarden lach zoheret
Shoka'at bahar, bahar

Kach cholfot hasha'ot
V'ovrot hashki'ot
V'chol erev atzuv az korei la lashuv
Aval hi po teshev
V'haruach noshev
Yam d'ma'ot az yishtof mil'chayeha el hachof.

Az rachash Yarden b'chalal od nishma
V'rachash bichya shel yalda asher shma -

Kineret, Kineret, Kineret....

L'oro shel hayom
Lo ra'inu pit'om
Et d'muta mul hahar, l'chofo shel nahar
Mul Yarden v'galav
Mul Chermon ushlagav
Rak bichya od notar
Aval hu lo chazar

Az rachash Yarden saviv od nishma
Al yam had'ma'ot shekar'u lo bishma -

Kineret, Kineret, Kineret....

At the foot of the mountain, on the river bank,
She sat by herself - Do you know her secret?
The Jordan was then silent
The (Mt.) Chermon again laughed
Only the silence told, that she waits for him.

The rustle of the Jordan was still heard in the air
And the soft sound of weeping, of the girl whose name is....

Kineret, Kineret, Kineret
The wind sings to you
The wind sings to you
And the sun over the Jordan shines over you
Setting on the mountain

So the hours passed
And the sunsets came and went
And each sad evening calls her to return
But here she will sit
As the wind blows
A sea of tears will flow from her cheeks to the shore

The rustle of the Jordan was still heard in the air
And the soft sound of weeping, of the girl whose name is...

Kineret, Kineret, Kineret......

In the light of day
We suddenly did not see her figure
Opposite the mountain, on the bank of the river
Facing the Jordan and its waves
Facing (Mt.) Chermon and its snows
Only her weeping remained
But he did not return

Then the rustle of the Jordan was still heard all around
On the sea of tears that is called by her name -

Kineret, Kineret, Kineret....