Maoz Tzur – Lyrics, Transliteration and Translation

Transliteration:
Ma'oz tzur yeshu'ati, lekha na'eh leshabe'ach.
Tikkon beit tefillati, vesham todah nezabe'ach.
Le'et takhin matbe'ach, mitzar hamnabe'ach.
Az egmor beshir mizmor, chanukat hamizbe'ach.

Translation:
O mighty Rock of my salvation, to praise You is a delight.
Restore my House of Prayer, and there we will offer thanksgiving.
When You prepare the slaughter of the barking foe,
then I will complete, with song and psalm, the dedication of the altar.

Transliteration:
Ra'ot sav'ah nafshi, beyagon kochi kilah.
Chayai mareru bekoshi, beshi'bud malkhut eglah.
Uveyado hagedolah, hotzi et hasegulah.
Cheil Par'oh vekhol zar'o, yardu khe'even bimtzulah.

Translation:
My soul was sated with troubles, my strength was spent in sorrow.
My life was embittered by hardship under the bondage of Egypt.
But with His great hand He brought out His treasured people;
Pharaoh's army and all his offspring sank like a stone into the deep.

Transliteration:
Devir kodsho hevi'ani, vegam sham lo shakatti.
Uva nogesh vehiglani, ki zarim avadti.
Veyein ra'al masakhti, kim'at she'avarti.
Ketz Bavel, Zerubavel, leketz shiv'im nosha'ti.

Translation:
He brought me to His holy sanctuary, yet even there I found no rest.
The oppressor came and exiled me, because I had served strange gods.
I had drunk the wine of poison and almost perished.
At Babylon's end, with Zerubbabel, after seventy years I was saved.

Transliteration:
Kerot komat berosh, bikkesh Agagi ben Hamedata.
Venihyatah lo lefach ulemokesh, vega'avato nishbatah.
Rosh yemini nisseta, ve'oyev shemo machita.
Rov banav vekinyanav, al ha'etz talita.

Translation:
The Agagite, son of Hammedatha, sought to cut down the tall cypress,
but it became a snare and a trap for him, and his arrogance was brought low.
You raised the head of the Benjaminite, and blotted out the enemy's name;
his many sons and his household You hanged on the gallows.

Transliteration:
Yevanim nikbetzu alai, azai bimei Chashmanim.
Ufaretzu chomot migdalai, vetim'u kol hashemanim.
Uminnotar kankanim, na'asah nes lashoshannim.
Benei vinah yemei shemonah, kav'u shir urenanim.

Translation:
The Greeks gathered against me in the days of the Hasmoneans;
they breached the walls of my towers and defiled all the oils.
From the last remaining flask a miracle was wrought for the lilies (Israel);
men of understanding established eight days of song and joyful praise.

Transliteration:
Chasof zero'a kodshekha, vekarev ketz hayeshu'ah.
Nekom nikmat dam avadekha, me'ummah haresha'ah.
Ki orkhah lanu hasha'ah, ve'ein ketz limei hara'ah.
Decheh Admon betzel Tzalmon, hakem lanu ro'eh shiv'ah.

Translation:
Bare Your holy arm and bring near the time of redemption.
Avenge the blood of Your servants from the wicked nation,
for the hour has grown long for us, and there is no end to the days of evil.
Thrust the enemy into the shadow of darkness, and raise up for us the seven shepherds.