אויף די דעכער, אויף די דעכער:
On the roofs, on the roofs:
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Page 200. 'Di Shtal' Section YG continuation — the pogrom's horror: Hunting Jews from roofs. Then: 'Girls' bodies. Naked. Naked. Light bigger flames. Hair. Tangles of hair. Tongues. — Fire-tongues.' The rapist's voice: 'Love me. Hold me. Tight. Tighter.' Church bells ring — 'I am the strongest. I am the greatest.' Sadistic mockery: 'Ah, you Jewish carcass (gevile — animal carcass/parchment), the last pieces of your body into the fire.' The victim is forced to say: 'My beloved. My dear one.' Religious mockery: 'Our god is strong — and yours? A scrawny dog.' 'Spit it out!' — forcing apostasy. Threats: 'I will tie you to a horse's tail, head to ground, feet up' — a documented torture method. The orgy of destruction: 'Tear apart the bells, shoot the fires, tear apart the bodies, brothers, all together on one body, on one woman. Dance in the dance of flames.' This is among the most graphic pogrom depictions in Yiddish literature, bearing witness to the atrocities of 1918-1921 Ukraine.
אויף די דעכער, אויף די דעכער:
טרײַבט אַרויס די מײַז פֿון די לעכער.
מיידלשע לײַבער.
נאַקעט. נאַקעט.
צינדט גרעסער די פֿלאַמען.
האָר. קנוילן האָר.
צונגען. — פֿײַער־צונגען. —
האָב מיך ליב. נעם מיך אַרום.
פֿעסט.
פֿעסטער.
מען קלינגט אין די גלאָקן, — בום, בום,
איך בין דער שטאַרקסטער.
איך בין דער גרעסטער.
אַך, דו ייִדישע גבֿילה,
די לעצטע שטיקער פֿון דײַן לײַב אין פֿײַער אַרײַן.
אין פֿײַער. אַרײַן.
זאָג: געליבטער מײַן.
זאָג: מײַן טײַערער.
אונדזער גאָט איז שטאַרק —
און אײַערער? —
אַ צעקראָכענער הונט נאָר וואָס פֿון וואַסער אַרויס.
שפּײַ אויס! שפּײַ אויס!
אַך, דו — פֿאַרשאָלטענע, זאָג:
ליבסטער מײַנער? —
נעם מיך אַרום.
שטאַרק.
שטאַרקער.
איך וועל דיך צובינדן צום עק פֿון אַ פֿערד,
מיטן קאָפּ צו דער ערד,
מיט די פֿיס אַרויף.
רײַסט פֿונאַנדער די גלאָקן אויף שטיקער,
שיסט פֿונאַנדער די פֿײַערן,
פֿליקט פֿונאַנדער די לײַבער,
ברידער,
אַלע צוזאַמען אויף איין לײַב,
אויף איין לײַב, אויף איין ווײַב.
אַלע צוזאַמען,
טאַנצט אין די טענץ פֿון פֿלאַמען.
Oyf di dekher, oyf di dekher:
traybt aroys di mayz fun di lekher.
Meydlshe layber.
Naket. Naket.
Tsindt greser di flamen.
Hor. Knoyln hor.
Tsunger. — Fayer-tsunger. —
Hob mikh lib. Nem mikh arum.
Fest.
Fester.
Men klingt in di glokn, — bum, bum,
ikh bin der shtarkster.
Ikh bin der grester.
Akh, du yidishe gevile,
di letste shtiker fun dayn layb in fayer arayn.
In fayer. Arayn.
Zog: gelibter mayn.
Zog: mayn tayerer.
Undzer got iz shtark —
un ayerer? —
A tsekrokhener hunt nor vos fun vaser aroys.
Shpay oys! Shpay oys!
Akh, du — farsholtene, zog:
libster mayner? —
Nem mikh arum.
Shtark.
Shtarker.
Ikh vel dikh tsubindn tsum ek fun a ferd,
mitn kop tsu der erd,
mit di fis aroyf.
Rayst funander di glokn oyf shtiker,
shist funander di fayern,
flikt funander di layber,
brider,
ale tsuzamen oyf eyn layb,
oyf eyn layb, oyf eyn vayb.
Ale tsuzamen,
tantst in di tents fun flamen.
On the roofs, on the roofs:
drive out the mice from the holes.
Girls' bodies.
Naked. Naked.
Light bigger flames.
Hair. Tangles of hair.
Tongues. — Fire-tongues. —
Love me. Hold me.
Tight.
Tighter.
They ring the bells, — boom, boom,
I am the strongest.
I am the greatest.
Ah, you Jewish carcass,
the last pieces of your body into the fire.
Into fire. In.
Say: my beloved.
Say: my dear one.
Our god is strong —
and yours? —
A scrawny dog just out of the water.
Spit it out! Spit it out!
Ah, you — cursed one, say:
my dearest? —
Hold me.
Tight.
Tighter.
I will tie you to a horse's tail,
with your head to the ground,
with your feet up.
Tear apart the bells to pieces,
shoot apart the fires,
tear apart the bodies,
brothers,
all together on one body,
on one body, on one woman.
All together,
dance in the dance of flames.
Page 200. 'Di Shtal' Section YG continuation — the pogrom's horror: Hunting Jews from roofs. Then: 'Girls' bodies. Naked. Naked. Light bigger flames. Hair. Tangles of hair. Tongues. — Fire-tongues.' The rapist's voice: 'Love me. Hold me. Tight. Tighter.' Church bells ring — 'I am the strongest. I am the greatest.' Sadistic mockery: 'Ah, you Jewish carcass (gevile — animal carcass/parchment), the last pieces of your body into the fire.' The victim is forced to say: 'My beloved. My dear one.' Religious mockery: 'Our god is strong — and yours? A scrawny dog.' 'Spit it out!' — forcing apostasy. Threats: 'I will tie you to a horse's tail, head to ground, feet up' — a documented torture method. The orgy of destruction: 'Tear apart the bells, shoot the fires, tear apart the bodies, brothers, all together on one body, on one woman. Dance in the dance of flames.' This is among the most graphic pogrom depictions in Yiddish literature, bearing witness to the atrocities of 1918-1921 Ukraine.
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