When the pot is empty, everybody puts one in. Keep playing until one person has everything. Then redivide it, because nobody likes a poor winner. It is believed to be written by a man named Mordecai, because that name is encrypted in the first letters of the five stanzas. The music dates back to at least the 18th century, and possibly as far back as the 15th century.
Most people are only familiar with the first stanza, which is reproduced below.
And thy word broke their sword, When our own strength failed us. And thy word broke their sword, When our own strength failed us. Although the translation is not quite literal, it's the closest thing to a literal translation I've been able to find. For some reasons, this popular Chanukkah song is usually translated with great liberties. In every age a hero arose to save the people.