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Destero dall empia dite
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(from a Mendele posting on 7/99) Dos lid vos iz gehert gevorn fun an aynvoyner in a moyshev-zikeynim in Melburn iz a barimte shafung fun eynem fun undzere barimte mikhabrim. Ikh ken zikh in itstikn moment nit dermonen ver es hot di poeme ongeshribn, ober mir hobn zi gelernt in di TSISHO-shuln in Poyln un ikh meyn az ikh gedenk khotsh a teyl fun fun di verter. Ikh meyn az der nomen fun der poeme iz "der hendler" oder "handel". Ikh bin zikher az imetser vet aykh zogn vu ir kent di poeme gefinen un az ir vet krign di resht fun di verter. Oyb ikh vel zikh dermonen dem sof, oder gefinen di poeme tsvishn mayhne bikher , vel ikh aykh dos mit fargenign tsushikn. Der hoyf- hendler mit der torbe un a shtekn in der hant iz geven a geveyntlekhe dershaynung in Poyln. Do redt zikh vegn a hoyf- hendler in Varshe (vu s'iz geven di barimte Smocza gas (Dragon Street). Mitn shtekn oder shtekl flegt er klapn oyfn hoyf (bay undz in dem ayzernem tirl fun untererdishn shtibl vu der "struzh" {hoyz-vekhter} hot gedreyt a pompe kedey tsu zamlen oyf di dekher regn-vaser), un azoy arum un mit di verter "handel, handel" vos er hot oysgeshrien, flegt er tsien di oyfmerkzamkeyt fun di aynvvoyner (spetsyel fun di kundeysim kinder). Di vayterdike verter "Handel,handel `kh`koyf alte zakhn; Handel, handel kh'hob nisht shabes tsu makhn..." hob ikh gehert di hendler oyszingen, ober ikh gloyb nit az dos zaynen a teyl verter fun der barimter poeme. Mit beste grusn, Ayer, Feygl Infeld Glezer
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