by
Hirsch Glick (1922 - 1944)
Shtil di nakht
Language: Yiddish (יידיש)
Shtil, di nakht iz oysgeshternt,
Un der frost - er hot gebrent;
Tsi gedenkstu vi ich hob dich gelernt
Haltn a shpayer in di hent.
A moyd, a peltsl un a beret,
Un halt in hant fest a nagan,
A moyd mit a sametenem ponim
Hit op dem soynes karavan.
Getsilt, geshosn un getrofn
Hot ir kleyninker pistoyl,
An oto a fulinkn mit vofn
Farhaltn hot zi mit eyn koyl.
Fartog fun vald aroysgekrochn,
Mit shney-girlandn oyf di hor,
Gemutikt fun kleyninkn n'tsochn
Far undzer nayem, frayen dor.
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Still, how silent is the starry night
Language: English  after the Yiddish (יידיש)
Still, how silent is the starry night
And the frost has burned the land.
Can you think back, recalling how I taught you
To hold a machine-gun in your hand?
A girl, a furlet and a little cap,
And a gun she held so tight,
A maiden with a face so soft and delicate
Watched for the enemy that night.
She aimed, she fired and the target was hit:
A car with arms fully deployed.
By one little bullet from her pistolet,
It was totally destroyed.
At dawn, she crawled out of the forest
Snow-garlanded in victory.
Encouraged by little triumphs such as this
For our new generation - free.
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