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Zeev Jabotinsky, Le Chant des prisonniers de Saint Jean d'Acre, 1920

Zeev Jabotinsky, prison de Saint Jean d'Acre, 1920

 

מִנִּי דָן עַד בְּאֵר שֶׁבַע,
מִגִּלְעָד לַיָּם,
אֵין אַף שַׁעַל אַדְמָתֵנוּ
לֹא כֻפַּר בְּדָם.

דָּם עִבְרִי רָווּ לַשֹּׂבַע
נִיר וָהַר וָגַיְא;
אַךְ מִדּוֹר וָדוֹר
לֹא נִשְׁפַּך טָהוֹר
מִדַּם חוֹרְשֵׁי תֵּל חַי!
 
בֵּין אַיֶּלֶת וּמְטוּלָה,
בְּקִבְרוֹ דּוֹמֵם,
דֹּם שׁוֹמֵר גְּבוּל אַרְצֵנוּ
גִּבּוֹר גִּדֵּם.

אָנוּ שֶׁבִי, אַךְ לִבֵּנוּ
אֱלֵי תֵּל-חַי בַּצָּפוֹן;
לָנוּ, לָנוּ, תִּהְיֶה לָנוּ
כֶּתֶר הַחֶרְמוֹן.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Palin's Commission, 1920 :

Russian Bolshevism is undoubtedly working underneath the surface both southwards from the Caucasus to Damascus and in Palestine itself in the very heart of Zionism. Large numbers of the Jewish immigrants hold Bolshevist views and the Paola Zion Club of which Lt. Jabotinsky is said to be the organiser, is a definite Bolshevist institution. Attention is particularly drawn to the remarkable circular issued by this club and printed by Volpert and Company of Jaffa, subsequent to the riots, which definitely throws over the Zionist leaders and declares for the “world Proletariat and the Social Revolution.” The appeal is to the Arab fellah and worker and it is said that the same kind of appeal is being made to the same classes on the other side of the Jordan.