The Song Remains – דאָס ליד איז געבליבן

Tag: Lvov

  • About Dovid Kenigsberg

    Dovid Kenigsberg (1891-1942?) was born in Busk, Galicia, and studied on Brody (Brod) and Czernowitz (Chernivtsi). He worked as a bookkeeper in Lwów (Lvov / Lviv / Lemberg). His first piece was printed in the collection Yungt in 1909, and he published his first poetry collection Lider, an 1912.

  • A morning

    Morning hangs on the windows, blue / and fragrant with lilac and jasmine. / My lips tremble and pay quiet tribute to / everything that is young and green.

  • How Everything Here Has Changed

    How everything here has changed, the color transformed. / How lovely my city is, all spiffed up and adorned. / The red flags flutter down nearly to the ground / and for me every weekday is cause for celebration.

  • About Ber Shnaper

    Ber Shnaper (1906-1939) was born in Lwów (Lviv / Lvov / Lemberg), the son of a poor cobbler. He studied at the Vienna Hebrew Teachers Seminary. He wrote for a large number of periodicals, and also produced several monographs. Not much is known about his life. His poetry volume Bloe Verter is available online. Sources: