Tag: tears
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To a little boy in a Jewish village
Don’t cry little boy, wipe off your tears, it will soon be good / We will heal the wounds that drip with blood.
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Dowry
Work, girlies, work! / Work through day and night; / sew up blouses, little frocks, / then dress up to the nines!
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To Sholem Aleykhem
Great writer, our writer / bright eyed so deep the shine / On your mild and tender smile / there is a shadowed quiet cry.
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What Does This Old Gray Jew Want From Me?
What does this old gray Jew want from me / who comes to me to visit every night / and weighs me down with sadness and dark fears / with eyes black holes with tears