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Sixty beasts carry
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Page 438. Conclusion of 'Himge' (Hunger): 'zekhtsik beheymos' (sixty beasts — Hebrew 'behema' = beast/cattle) with 'ayters' (udders) full of milk. 'Melkers, melkt' (milkers, milk) — 'vayser shoym-gehilkh' (white foam-echo). Milk in 'emer' (bucket), 'krug nokh krug' (jug after jug). Body 'tut alts farnemen' (takes in everything), 'veys nit fun genug' (knows not of enough) — insatiable hunger. 'Broyt un toyt-gevisn' (bread and death-knowledge) hold together in 'eyn knup' (one knot). Final lines: 'zingt a loyb tsum bisn... tsu zup' (sing praise to morsel... to soup). Sanatorium survival reduced to elemental eating; food and death intertwined in TB experience. Page has decorative floral image.
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זעכציק בהמות טראַגן
פול"ע אייטערס מילך, --
מעלקערס, מעלקט --- זאֶל שלצמגן
ווייסער שוים-געהילך.
ברענגט אונדז מילך אין עמער,
גיסט אָן קרוג נא קרוג,
גוף טוט אַלץ פּאַרנעמען
ווייס ניט פון גענוג.
ברויט און טויטיגעוויסן
האַלט אונדז אין איין קנופ --
זינגט אַ לויב צום ביסן
זינגט אַ לויב צו זופ.
Zekhtsik beheymos trogn
ful-e ayters milkh, —
melkers, melkt — zol shlogn
vayser shoym-gehilkh.
Brengt undz milkh in emer,
gist on krug nokh krug,
guf tut alts farnemen
veys nit fun genug.
Broyt un toyt-gevisn
halt undz in eyn knup —
zingt a loyb tsum bisn
zingt a loyb tsu zup.
Sixty beasts carry
udders full of milk, —
milkers, milk — let beat
white foam-echo.
Bring us milk in bucket,
pour out jug after jug,
the body takes in everything
knows not of enough.
Bread and death-knowledge
hold us in one knot —
sing a praise to the morsel
sing a praise to soup.
Page 438. Conclusion of 'Himge' (Hunger): 'zekhtsik beheymos' (sixty beasts — Hebrew 'behema' = beast/cattle) with 'ayters' (udders) full of milk. 'Melkers, melkt' (milkers, milk) — 'vayser shoym-gehilkh' (white foam-echo). Milk in 'emer' (bucket), 'krug nokh krug' (jug after jug). Body 'tut alts farnemen' (takes in everything), 'veys nit fun genug' (knows not of enough) — insatiable hunger. 'Broyt un toyt-gevisn' (bread and death-knowledge) hold together in 'eyn knup' (one knot). Final lines: 'zingt a loyb tsum bisn... tsu zup' (sing praise to morsel... to soup). Sanatorium survival reduced to elemental eating; food and death intertwined in TB experience. Page has decorative floral image.
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