BIBLIOTHECA AUGUSTANA

 

Avrom-Nokhem Shtentsl

1897 - 1983

 

Gevidmet tsum 40stn yor Loshn un lebn

 

in: loshn un lebn, may 1979, z. 48

 

kval: The Mendele Review

Vol. 04.336, 23 February 1995

 

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Gevidmet tsum 40stn yor Loshn un lebn

 

Oyb kh'shtey do itst bay der tir,

Loshn un lebn kh'farkoyf,

Vet mit undz yidn yidish,

Blaybn bizkl tsum eyn-sof.

 

Mamesh a toyter kh'shtey shoyn,

Un der miskher geyt a gang –

Vi lang ikh vel nokh shteyn do?

Eybik s'yidishe gezang:

 

Far gan-eydn toyer nokh

Mit loshn lebn kh'vel shtayn,

Un mayn ershte koynete,

Di mame rokhl vet zayn.

 

Oykh di shkhine hakedoyshe,

Oykh zi «heftl» koyfn vet,

«Iz dokh shoyn yidish kosher?»

Azoy in gan-eydn m'redt...

 

Mit ire gute oygn,

Zi kukt mikh mamedik on

«Shoymer in der yad shtekn,

Un vest zitsn oybn on!»

 

«Libe maminke rokhl,

On der babeshes Lev tov,

Un zeydns Kav hayoshor,

Gantser gan-eydn tfilas-shov.»