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The poem, Hatiḳvah, in its original composition by Naphtali Herz Imber, later chosen and adapted to become the national anthem of the State of Israel, with a full English translation, and the earliest, albeit abbreviated, Yiddish translation
In this song written in rhymed Yiddish verse, Rabbi Gerstein celebrates the day of 11 May 1920, the date upon which determined the fate of the Ottoman Empire after World War Ⅰ was concluded and the Balfour Declaration of 1917 reïfied in favor of Jewish national objectives in the Land of Israel.