Tag: hunger
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Every Day
Every day, every plain day / my blood shivers in my body / every day, every ordinary day / my blood responds to a call
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The Poor Singer
Oh, poor foolish singer / you are not yet good at your work / Does your song echo there? / you crawl only to wealthy yards
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Spring
Like fish with mother of pearl / clouds swim in the cool sky / and from their feathers flow / drip drops clouded with the sun / into the dark mouth of earth
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About Hershele (Hersh Danilewicz)
Hersh Danilewicz / Danilevitsh (1882-1941) was born in the countryside of Lipno (Lipne), and then moved to Warsaw. Hershele, as he was known by the people of Warsaw, was encouraged to write as a youth by Y. L. Peretz.
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My Way through Life
My way through life, was through / Years of injustice and bitter suffering and anger / In my young life I struggled through / years of epidemics and hunger
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The Ring
“Never ever take this off / not in joy or sadness / unless you are washing / to eat a piece of bread.”