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צעלן --

Cell, —

Work 380 of 440

Page 445. Continuation of 'Abelars ovnt-tfile': 'Tseln' (Cell) — in 'elnt' (solitude) understands his day. Has 'lid un libshaft' (song and love), 'geduld' (patience). Wears 'kleyd fun gzir' (robe of decree — Hebrew 'gezera'). Asks if she knows that far away 'vart mayn Heloiz' (my Heloise waits). She waits 'in goles' (in exile — Hebrew 'galut'), 'aleyn zikh fartribn' (alone driven out), 'far a korbn aleyn oysgekhlibn' (chosen herself as sacrifice — Hebrew 'korban'). There in exile, in 'blinde freydn' (blind joys), grows 'undzer kind — der troym fun undz beydn' (our child — the dream of us both). Their son Astrolabe as symbol of their love despite separation.

Yiddish Original

צעלן --

אין על"נט

מיין. טאָג

פאַרשטייס. איך.

ליד

און ליבשאַפט.

געדולד

פּאַרמזמג איך :

קלייד

פון גזיר

געדולדיק

טראָג איך.

זזמזג,

צי ווייסטו,

אַז וויש

פון דאַנען --

וואַרט

מיין העלואיז,

כ'זאֶל קומען

צושפאַנען.

וואַרט; --

אין גלות

אַליץ זיך

פּאַרטריבן +

זיך

פּאַר א קרבן

אַליין

אויסגעקליבן.

דאַרט

אין גלות,

אין בלינדע

פריידן --

וואַקסט

אונדזער קינד --

דער טרוים

פון אונדו ביידן.

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Transliteration

Tseln, —

in elnt

mayn tog

farshteys ikh.

Lid

un libshaft.

geduld

farmog ikh;

kleyd

fun gzir

geduldik

trog ikh.

Zog,

tsi veystu,

az vayt

fun danen —

vart

mayn Heloiz,

kh'zol kumen

tsushpanen.

Vart, —

in goles

aleyn zikh

fartribn;

zikh

far a korbn

aleyn

oysgekhlibn.

Dort

in goles,

in blinde

freydn —

vakst

undzer kind —

der troym

fun undz beydn.

English Translation

Cell, —

in solitude

my day

I understand.

Song

and love.

patience

I possess;

robe

of decree

patiently

I wear.

Say,

do you know,

that far

from here —

waits

my Heloise,

for me to come

to harness.

Waits, —

in exile

alone herself

driven out;

herself

as a sacrifice

alone

chosen.

There

in exile,

in blind

joys —

grows

our child —

the dream

of us both.

TRANSLATOR’S NOTE

Page 445. Continuation of 'Abelars ovnt-tfile': 'Tseln' (Cell) — in 'elnt' (solitude) understands his day. Has 'lid un libshaft' (song and love), 'geduld' (patience). Wears 'kleyd fun gzir' (robe of decree — Hebrew 'gezera'). Asks if she knows that far away 'vart mayn Heloiz' (my Heloise waits). She waits 'in goles' (in exile — Hebrew 'galut'), 'aleyn zikh fartribn' (alone driven out), 'far a korbn aleyn oysgekhlibn' (chosen herself as sacrifice — Hebrew 'korban'). There in exile, in 'blinde freydn' (blind joys), grows 'undzer kind — der troym fun undz beydn' (our child — the dream of us both). Their son Astrolabe as symbol of their love despite separation.

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