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בײַם ראַנד

At the Edge

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Page 63. Section title page for 'Baym rand' (At the Edge), poems from 1916. This marks Leivick's first years in America after his escape from Siberia in 1913. He arrived in New York in 1913 and worked in the garment industry while writing poetry. The title 'At the Edge' suggests the precarious position of the immigrant, standing at the margins of a new world.

Yiddish Original

בײַם ראַנד

1916

Transliteration

Baym rand

1916

English Translation

At the Edge

1916

TRANSLATOR’S NOTE

Page 63. Section title page for 'Baym rand' (At the Edge), poems from 1916. This marks Leivick's first years in America after his escape from Siberia in 1913. He arrived in New York in 1913 and worked in the garment industry while writing poetry. The title 'At the Edge' suggests the precarious position of the immigrant, standing at the margins of a new world.

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