דאָס ליד איז געבליבן
Autumn Above the Jewish street, a grey cloud hovers, / spread like a dead horse across the sky. Read more…
My Simple Sisters My simple sisters, / my shepherdesses and seamstresses / with their blond braids / call to me from the sidewalks of Łodz / to make benches and straw roofs. Read more…
The Encounter Cocky on your walk in town, hail / to me on your way. / You stop, and startled, you exclaim: / “This girl’s hair turned gray!” Read more…
Resting in my City Cover up the headlight – as you would a mirror. / Strangle its far-reaching sunny flash. / This is my city, it smiles amicably / and doesn’t notice it’s a stone cemetery. Read more…
Mushroom Gathering A golden day mid-week — / and what else would maidens seek? / “Mushroom gathering we will go!” / Baskets rustle and pink cheeks glow. Read more…
Lifted Up Y L Kohn Poverty could have totally defeated me(for being poor shrinks and dampens your soul)but for me the struggle to live hardened and armed meand I turned out of crooked darkness. Because I was rooted there, the streetcould have made me a thief, a criminal,but like a drowning person near the shore, I swamto… Read more…
Eternal Flame Between hills and above valleys stars / glittered late into the night, and I arrived at a cottage that, / like a shriveled mushroom, / stood in the middle of the marketplace Read more…
Dowry Work, girlies, work! / Work through day and night; / sew up blouses, little frocks, / then dress up to the nines! Read more…
A Letter Time for me to get going… / enough playing the fool: / sitting around and hoping / for a hot glance from you. Read more…
Winter Morning So good on a wintry blue dawn / to sweetly stretch out / one’s tired limbs / and feel the tender embrace / of the bed. Read more…