The Song Remains

People of the Warsaw Ghetto merged with a map of the Nazi occupation of Poland

דאָס ליד איז געבליבן

Blood Not prophets, apostles / not extinguished suns / not unfortunate mountains and valleys / have come to warn, to tell – Read more…
Tonight in a Dream Tonight, in a dream / there came to me / a young lover / who tenderly look me by the hand Read more…
A Song A fiddle is playing in a country green / Where I am not and will never be / A sunny house is blossoming in a white land / Where I am not and will never be Read more…
Every Day Every day, every plain day / my blood shivers in my body / every day, every ordinary day / my blood responds to a call Read more…
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 Read more…
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 Read more…
Esther the Queen The noisemaker knocks / we can hardly hear / past the din / people what we dream Read more…
Good Love have I for all that lives in song / Birds, women in blue hats / A tree, a street, a wall / All that is familiar and what’s not Read more…
My Way Out of the Workshop I moved out of the workshop to the Union / into the library, organizing and youth club / a new environment replaced my poor / little sorrowful home Read more…
Moments of Confidence Jews, let us be cheerful! / It won’t be long, I hope — / The war will soon be over, / And soon their end will come. Read more…