Category: Khayim Semiatitski
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Lullaby
Sleep my child my dear at rest / your father will no longer sell / raisins and almonds / Aye Liew Liew Liew Liew
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Don’t Cry Child
Don’t cry child / autumn will not live long in our land / he is like a poor man who is blind / the wind leads him by his hand
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About Khayim Semiatitski (Chaim Semiatitsky)
Khayim Semiatitski (1908-1943) was born in Tykocin into a rabbinic family, and was ordained as a rabbi, but never assumed an official position. He moved to Warsaw, and began to write poetry, poems, stories, and critical reviews which were published in a number of newspapers and literary journals. His book Tropns Toy (Dewdrops) won the…