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Mir shteyen bay di vent Mit hertzer mit farklemte Mit aropgelozte hent, Vi bay a veynendiker verbe. Es kukn oygn shtark Un zinken ayn tif in der vatkayt Un s'blaybst in zey der tzaar /Es fargeyt azey di tsayt/ Di eybikayt... Shver tzu zen di velt durkh enge moern Di shayn hobn farshtelt /dos glik hot undz farshtelt/ Di geto - toern Farmakhst di oygn nor, /makh di eygn tsu/ Dan zestu altz vi in a kholem S'dershaynt vi oyfn der vor /es fargeyt azey di tsayt/ Di groyse velt /di traye velt/ Geto, dikh fargesn vel ikh ken mol nit Ekho - iz dayn hartzik troerik lid /ekho - du mayn khartsike mayn traye lid/ Kh'ze do dayne trern /ze dokh mayne trern/ Dayne umet, dayn payn /mayn yomer mayn payn/ K'her do dayn gebet: /her oys mayn gebet/ Vos vet zayn? Vos vet zayn? In dayne geto - geslekh iz mir eng /in dayne geslekh iz mir azey eng/ Dos hartz azoy batribt /mayn harts azey farklemt/ un hotsch kh'farshtey, S'tut vey - Dokh iz mir azoy lib Geto! Dikh fargesn vel ikh keyn mol nit... Azey hot gezungen Tova Ben-Zvi /Lider fun Ghetto Lodz/
Translated lyrics
We stand by the wall, with our hearts cramped up, and our hand listless at our side like a weeping willow tree. Eyes stare, and sink deep in the distance; it remains in them the scar of endlessness... And it's hard to see the world through narrow walls the stones have closed the ghetto doors. But just close your eyes and you can see everything as if in a dream, it appears before you: the great wide world. Ghetto! I will never forget you, never An echo is your heartful, sad song.. I see, there, your tears your sorrow your pain, and I hear your lamentation: "what will happen, what will be?" Your narrow ghetto streets cramp me, and my heart is driven away but nevertheless, though it hurts, you are still dear to me... Ghetto, I will never forget you, never.
Notes
The Song was sung in Lodz ghetto.
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