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Der regn shpint
dos groye lid
fun benkshaft un
fun tifn vey.
Fun trern blind,
aleyn zayn mid,
bin ikh a hunt
un -- gey.
Farloshn gold.
Der toyter troym
fun libe zet
mayn leyd un shvaygt.
Arum nor shtralt
un shimert shoym.
Di benkshaft tsit
in vayt ...
S'iz harbst geven,
hot trib geveynt,
mit oygnlikht
farloshn shoyn.
Er hot gezen
mayn glik fargeyn,
batsvungen mikh
un -- shoyn.
Authorship
- by Leibu Levin (1914 - 1983), copyright © by Ruth Levin, (re)printed on this website with kind permission [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
- a text in German (Deutsch) by Selma Meerbaum-Eisinger (1924 - 1942), "Herbst", written 1941
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- by Leibu Levin (1914 - 1983), "Harbst" [text verified 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Hadassah Haskale) , title 1: "Autumn", copyright © 2007, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Researcher for this text: Ruth Levin
This text was added to the website: 2007-09-22
Line count: 24
Word count: 68
The rain it spins
a dreary song
of longing and
of endless pain.
Of wandering blind
myself alone
just like a hound
then -- gone.
Lusterless gold,
love's dream that died,
at my sorrow
mutely looks on.
Around me boils
a glistening foam.
The longing
entices...
Autumn has come,
it weeps for me
with a dark gaze
fastened on mine.
For it has seen
my joy pass by,
first smiting me
then -- done.
Authorship
- Translation from Yiddish (יידיש) to English copyright © 2007 by Hadassah Haskale, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you must ask the copyright-holder(s) directly for permission. If you receive no response, you must consider it a refusal.
Hadassah Haskale. Contact: contact: Ruth Levin, ruta (DOT) levin (AT) gmail (DOT) com
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- a text in Yiddish (יידיש) by Leibu Levin (1914 - 1983), copyright © by Ruth Levin, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- a text in German (Deutsch) by Selma Meerbaum-Eisinger (1924 - 1942), "Herbst", written 1941
This text was added to the website: 2007-09-21
Line count: 24
Word count: 72