39. Udayamāy, Udayamāy (It Is Dawning)

A song from the early 1950s clebrating the dawning of Israeli independence. Its tune is typical of Kerala political slogans still chanted today in rallies or while matching in the street, probably reflecting the influence of songs from the Indian Independence movement and subsequent political campaigns in Kerala.

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It is dawning, it is dawning,
The freedom we were longing for and praying for so long. (2)
Spreading out its golden beauty, independence came - (2)
The freedom of Jerusalem, won with bravery. (2)

Eretz Israel, Eretz Israel - Sing loudly!
Sing to our freedom - sing to our freedom.

It is dawning, it is dawning,
The freedom we were longing for and praying for so long. (2)
One flag is rising up; it's rising up again. (2)
Chains are breaking, chains are falling, falling from the legs. (2)