BIBLIOTHECA AUGUSTANA

 

Avrom-Nokhem Shtentsl

1897 - 1983

 

di tsvey lukhes

 

in: loshn un lebn, yuni 1951, z. 4

 

kval: The Mendele Review

Vol. 01.013, 17 July 1997

 

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Di tsvey lukhes

 

Di tsvey lukhes hot got aleyn oysgekritst,

Beshum-ofn hot es a mentsh gekent zayn,

Vorem vi azoy volt der "loy tirtsach"

Tsvishn di aseres hadibres arayn.

 

Un farvos af tsvey lukhes zey oysgekritst,

Es muz dokh derfar a tam geven zayn!

Az ale tsen gebot af eynem aruf,

Hot got nisht gefunen aza groysn shteyn?

 

Oyb di lukhes veln vern tsebrokhn,

Yede helft a matseyve vet blaybn shteyn.

Eyne far di mentshhayt oysgekoylete,

Di tsveyte, kavyokhl shoyn, far got aleyn.