37. Kiṟttiyeṟum Hěṟsěl (Herzl the Great and Glorious)

A Zionist song from the early 1950s. It praises Theodore Herzl, founder of the Zionist movement in Europe, who prophesied the creation of an independent Jewish state "in Israel where the honey flows". The tune is from an unidentified Hindi film which was popular in Kerala at the time.

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Herzl, the great and glorious,
Herzl the great and glorious!
He was the great one who longed
For a national self-rule.

Savior of the Sion Sangam,
Savior of the Sion Sangam!
To Israel where the honey flows,
To live forever all the Jews will go.

"Within five or ten years," the prophet said,
Self-rule will be obtained.
On the day when your wishes come true,
In our own country we will rejoice.

Herzl, the great and glorious,
Herzl the great and glorious!