Vision and Covenant | Shir Betar (The Betar Anthem) – Ze’ev Jabotinsky
  Shir Betar (The Betar Anthem) – Ze’ev Jabotinsky  

Betar –
From the pit of decay and dust,
With blood and sweat,
Will arise a race
Proud, generous and fierce.
Captured Betar,
Yodefet and Massada,
Shall rise again in all their
Strength and glory.

Hadar
Even in poverty a Jew is a prince
Whether slave or tramp
You have been created a prince,
Crowned with the diadem of David.
In light or in darkness,
Remember the crown,
The crown of pride and Tagar [defiance].

Tagar
On all obstacles and hindrances,
Whether you succeed or falter,
In the flame of revolt,
Carry the flame to kindle,
For silence is contemptible,
Sacrifice blood and soul,
For the sake of the hidden glory.

To die or conquer the hill,
Yodefet, Massada, Betar.

Source: The Political and Social Philosophy of Ze’ev Jabotinsky – Selected Writings, Edited by Mordechai Sarig, translated by Shimshon Feder. Valentine Mitchell.

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