The Song Remains – דאָס ליד איז געבליבן

Category: Rokhl Kramf (Rachel Krampf)

  • From the Depths

    Today I witnessed an old fella’s weeping; / in a fold of his cheek / a tear got stuck, / unable to reach / his white beard.

  • About Rokhl Kramf (Rachel Krampf)

    Rokhl Kramf (1906-1988) was born in Krystynopol (Кристинопіль), later Chervonohrad (Червоноград), and now Sheptytskyi (Шептицький) Galicia, in modern Ukraine. She escaped to Israel in 1938, where she died in 1988. She published poetry in many Yiddish language journals in Warsaw in the interwar period, and later in Israel. Sources: