Irgun's Unofficial Anthem and Lehi's Official Anthem - חַיָּלִים אַלְמוֹנִים - English translation
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Irgun's Unofficial Anthem and Lehi's Official Anthem - חַיָּלִים אַלְמוֹנִים
חַיָּלִים אַלְמוֹנִים הִנְנוּ, בְּלִי מַדִּים,
וּסְבִיבֵנוּ אֵימָה וְצַלְמָוֶת.
כֻּלָּנוּ גֻיַּסְנוּ לְכָל הַחַיִּים:
מִשּׁוּרָה מְשַׁחְרֵר רַק הַמָּוֶת.
בְּיָמִים אֲדֻמִּים שֶל פְּרָעוֹת וְדָמִים,
בַּלֵּילוֹת הַשְׁחוֹרִים שֶׁל יֵאוּשׁ,
בֶּעָרִים, בַּכְּפָרִים אֶת דִּגְלֵנוּ נָרִים,
וְעָלָיו: הֲגָנָה וְכִבּוּש!
לֹא גֻיַּסְנוּ בַּשּׁוֹט כַּהֲמוֹן עֲבָדִים,
כְּדֵי לִשְׁפֹּךְ בַּנֵּכָר אֶת דָּמֵנוּ.
רְצוֹנֵנוּ: לִהְיוֹת לְעוֹלָם בְּנֵי-חוֹרִין!
חֲלוֹמֵנוּ: לָמוּת בְּעַד עַמֵּנוּ!
וּמִכָּל עֲבָרִים רִבֲבוֹת מִכְשׁוֹלִים
שָׂם גּוֹרָל אַכְזָרִי עַל דַּרְכְּנוּ;
אַךְ אֹויְבִים, מְרַגְּלִים וּבָתֵּי-אֲסוּרִים
לֹא יוּכְלוּ לַעֲצֹר בַּעֲדֵנוּ.
וְאִם אֲנַחְנוּ נִפֹּל בָּרְחוֹבוֹת, בַּבָּתִּים,
וִיקַבְּרוּנוּ בַּלַּיְלָה בַּלָּאט,
בִּמְקוֹמֵנוּ יָבוֹאוּ אַלְפֵי אֲחֵרִים
לְהָגֵן וְלִשְׁמֹר עֲדֵי עַד.
בְּדִמְעַת-אִמָּהוֹת שַׁכֻּלּוֹת מִבָּנִים,
וּבְדַם תִּינוֹקוֹת טְהוֹרִים,
כְּמוֹ בְּמֶלֶט נַדְבִּיק הַגּוּפוֹת-לְבֵנִים
וּבִנְיַן הַמּוֹלֶדֶת נָקִים!
Unknown Soldiers
Unknown Soldiers are we, without uniform
And around us fear and the shadow of death
We have all been drafted for life.
Only death will discharge us from ranks,
On red days of riots and blood
In the dark nights of despair
In towns and villages shall we raise our banner
On which are inscribed defence and conquest
We were not drafted by the whip, like a mob of slaves
To shed our blood in foreign lands
Our will is to be forever free
Our dream – to die for our country
From all directions, tens of thousands of obstacles
Cruel fate has placed on our path
But enemies, spies and prison houses
Will never be able to stop us
And if we fall in the streets and homes
We will be buried silently in the night
Thousands of others will fill our places
To protect and defend forever
With the tears of bereaved mothers
And the blood of pure babies
Like mortar shall we put together the cadaver building blocks
The edifice of the homeland shall we raise
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