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געהערט האָב איך אַלע געשרייען.

I have heard all the cries.

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Page 318. 'Tate-Legende' sections II (conclusion) and III. The father from under the earth heard 'ale geshryen' (all the cries), saw 'ale paynen un shtrofn' (all pains and punishments) in the son's 'arunterglozte dervayerte oygn' (lowered distant eyes). He commands: 'Heyb-oyf dayne oygn' (Lift up your eyes) — see the light over the 'shtibl' (cottage) where 'du host gegebn dayn ershtn geshray / in vaysn legendishn Kislev' (you gave your first cry in the white legendary Kislev). From under the earth, light opened, truth revealed itself so he could receive the son 'mit klore, mit gute, mit likhtike verter' (with clear, good, bright words). Section III: 'Frish mayn gezang tsu dir' (Fresh my song to you) — not like before when he walked 'on der zayt... un farbay' (by the side and past). As a 'yingl, tsvelf yor alt' (boy, twelve years old), he carried 'tsereytstn pulver' (excited gunpowder) against the father. Every time he heard 'M'tor nit!' (One mustn't!) — the father's prohibitions.

Yiddish Original

געהערט האָב איך אַלע געשרייען.

געזען אַלע פּײַנען און שטראָפֿן

אין אויפֿגאַנג פֿון נײַטאָג

אין דײַנע אַרונטערגעלאָזטע דערווײַטערטע אויגן.

הייב־אויף דײַנע אויגן

און זע, ווי פֿיל ליכט איבער דיר,

און איבער דעם שטיבל

וואו דו האָסט געגעבן דײַן ערשטן געשריי

אין ווײַסן לעגענדישן כּסלו.

ליגנדיק אונטער דער ערד

האָט ליכט זיך צעעפֿנט,

האָט וואָר זיך אַנטפּלעקט — איך זאָל קענען

אינעם טאָג, ווען דו וועסט קומען,

(און קומען, געוואוסט האָב איך, מוזטו)

דיך אויפֿנעמען

מיט קלאָרע,

מיט גוטע,

מיט ליכטיקע ווערטער. — —

אַזוי האָט גערעדט מײַן טאַטע

פֿון אונטערן קבֿר.

III

פֿריש מײַן געזאַנג צו דיר,

און — —

ניט ווי אַלעמאָל און ביז אַהער: —

ווען איך בין אָן דער זײַט פֿון דיר געגאַנגען

און פֿאַרבײַ —

פֿאָטער.

נאָך זײַענדיק אַ ייִנגל,

צוועלף יאָר אַלט —

געטראָגן האָב איך שוין אין זיך

צערייצטן פּולווער

קעגן דײַן געשטאַלט,

פֿאָטער.

און יעדעס מאָל,

ווען איך פֿלעג הערן פֿון דײַן מויל:

— מ'טאָר ניט!

Transliteration

Gehert hob ikh ale geshryen.

Gezeen ale paynen un shtrofn

in oyfgang fun naytog

in dayne arunterglozte dervayerte oygn.

Heyb-oyf dayne oygn

un ze, vi fil likht iber dir,

un iber dem shtibl

vu du host gegebn dayn ershtn geshray

in vaysn legendishn Kislev.

Ligndik unter der erd

hot likht zikh tseefnt,

hot vor zikh antplekt — ikh zol kenen

inem tog, ven du vest kumen,

(un kumen, gevust hob ikh, muztu)

dikh oyfnemen

mit klore,

mit gute,

mit likhtike verter. — —

Azoy hot geredt mayn tate

fun untern keyver.

III

Frish mayn gezang tsu dir,

un — —

nit vi alemol un biz aher: —

ven ikh bin on der zayt fun dir gegangen

un farbay —

foter.

Nokh zayendik a yingl,

tsvelf yor alt —

getrogn hob ikh shoyn in zikh

tsereytstn pulver

kegn dayn geshtalt,

foter.

Un yedes mol,

ven ikh fleg hern fun dayn moyl:

— M'tor nit!

English Translation

I have heard all the cries.

Seen all the pains and punishments

in the rising of the new day

in your lowered distant eyes.

Lift up your eyes

and see how much light is above you,

and above the little cottage

where you gave your first cry

in the white legendary Kislev.

Lying under the earth

light has opened itself,

truth has revealed itself — so I could

on the day when you will come,

(and come, I knew, you must)

receive you

with clear,

with good,

with bright words. — —

So spoke my father

from under the grave.

III

Fresh my song to you,

and — —

not like always and until now: —

when I walked by your side

and past —

father.

Still being a boy,

twelve years old —

I already carried in me

excited gunpowder

against your form,

father.

And every time,

when I would hear from your mouth:

— One mustn't!

TRANSLATOR’S NOTE

Page 318. 'Tate-Legende' sections II (conclusion) and III. The father from under the earth heard 'ale geshryen' (all the cries), saw 'ale paynen un shtrofn' (all pains and punishments) in the son's 'arunterglozte dervayerte oygn' (lowered distant eyes). He commands: 'Heyb-oyf dayne oygn' (Lift up your eyes) — see the light over the 'shtibl' (cottage) where 'du host gegebn dayn ershtn geshray / in vaysn legendishn Kislev' (you gave your first cry in the white legendary Kislev). From under the earth, light opened, truth revealed itself so he could receive the son 'mit klore, mit gute, mit likhtike verter' (with clear, good, bright words). Section III: 'Frish mayn gezang tsu dir' (Fresh my song to you) — not like before when he walked 'on der zayt... un farbay' (by the side and past). As a 'yingl, tsvelf yor alt' (boy, twelve years old), he carried 'tsereytstn pulver' (excited gunpowder) against the father. Every time he heard 'M'tor nit!' (One mustn't!) — the father's prohibitions.

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