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Mir vern gehast un getribn mir vern gepflogt un farfolgt. un alts nor derfar vayl mir libn dos oreme shmakhtnde volk. Mir vern dershosn, gehangen men roybt undz dos lebn un rekht. derfar vayl mir emes farlangen- un frayheyt far oreme knekht. Shmit undz in ayzerne keytn vi blutike khayes undz rayst ir kent undzer kerper nor teytn nor keyn mol undzer heylikn gayst. Ir kent undz dermordn tiranen naye kemfer vet brengen di tsayt. un mir kemfn mir kempfn biz vanen di gantse velt vet vern bafrayt
Translated lyrics
We are despised and driven, We are tortured and persecuted; for we cherish the poor and the weak people. We are shot and hanged, robbed of our lives and our rights, for we demand truth and freedom for downtrodden slaves. Cast us into iron chains, tear us apart like bloody beasts; you can only kill our bodies; but never our precious spirit. You can murder us, tyrants, but time will bring new fighters; and we fight, we fight until the entire world is freed.
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One of the most popular worker songs written in America in 1889 by the anar
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