The Song Remains – דאָס ליד איז געבליבן

Category: Borekh Gelman

  • He

    Who is this he who is following us close / in your every step there? / Through every crack in a mouse hole / you feel his cold watching stare…

  • The Train Takes Me Away

    The train takes me away / in the lonely unknown / my heart is so tense / unknown is the way…

  • My Boss’s Clock

    My Boss owns a clock / like all bosses do / but this clock was made funny / by the firm “Time is Money”

  • About Borekh Gelman

    Borekh Gelman (1910-1941) was born in Widze (Vidzy) near Vilnius, now in Belarus. Gelman wrote for many publications including Di Naye Folks-tsaytung, Kleyne Folks-staytung, Yugnt-veker, Bokhnshrift, Foroys, Viner Tog, and Literarishe Bleter. He moved to Warsaw in 1936 and lived there until 1939. When the Nazis invaded Poland he escaped back to Widze, but was…