איך פּאַרל"אַנג ניט אַלץ:
I don't demand everything:
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Page 502. Conclusion of 'Ikh dank far alts' (I Thank for Everything): the title phrase becomes refrain. 'Farlang nit alts' = don't demand everything. 'Mayn teyl' = my share/portion. Paradox: taking one's share 'vi kh'volt nemen alts' (as if taking everything) - contentment as fullness. 'Bin ikh geven in alts' = I have been in everything - full participation in life. 'Genug alts' = enough of everything. The 'aza min nar' returns - now unclear if referring to death or speaker himself - both fools, both smiling. Final line stands alone: 'Ikh dank far alts' - gratitude as final word. The '108' at bottom may be a poem number. The poem transforms death from terror to companionship through mutual foolishness and gratitude.
איך פּאַרל"אַנג ניט אַלץ:
איך געם נאַר מיין טייל,
ווי כ'וואָלט נעמען אַלץ ;
איך האָב געהאַט מיין טייל =--
בין איך געעוון אין אַלץ.
האָב איך געהאַט גענוג אַלץ.
און איך דאַנק פּאַר אַלץ,
איך דאַנק פּאַר אַל? -=
אַזאַ מין נאֶר,
איך דאַנק פּאַר אַלץ.
108
Ikh farlang nit alts:
ikh nem nor mayn teyl,
vi kh'volt nemen alts;
ikh hob gehat mayn teyl --
bin ikh geven in alts.
Hob ikh gehat genug alts.
Un ikh dank far alts,
ikh dank far alts --
aza min nar.
Ikh dank far alts.
108
I don't demand everything:
I take only my share,
as if I would take everything;
I have had my share --
I have been in everything.
I have had enough of everything.
And I thank for everything,
I thank for everything --
such a kind of fool.
I thank for everything.
108
Page 502. Conclusion of 'Ikh dank far alts' (I Thank for Everything): the title phrase becomes refrain. 'Farlang nit alts' = don't demand everything. 'Mayn teyl' = my share/portion. Paradox: taking one's share 'vi kh'volt nemen alts' (as if taking everything) - contentment as fullness. 'Bin ikh geven in alts' = I have been in everything - full participation in life. 'Genug alts' = enough of everything. The 'aza min nar' returns - now unclear if referring to death or speaker himself - both fools, both smiling. Final line stands alone: 'Ikh dank far alts' - gratitude as final word. The '108' at bottom may be a poem number. The poem transforms death from terror to companionship through mutual foolishness and gratitude.
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