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In the burning of daytime hours,
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Page 462. Conclusion of 'Unter di fliglen': 'in bren fun baytogike sheh'n' (in burning of daytime hours — Hebrew 'sha'ah'). By forest or field, stands with 'hakhno'e' (humility — Hebrew) as on 'trep fun a shvel' (step of threshold). New poem 'Ovnt-lid' (Evening Song): over 'shtiber' (cottages — Slavic), roofs, 'zilber-vayse fekher' (silver-white fans) carry across. They bring 'treyst, bitokhn' (comfort, trust — Hebrew 'bitachon') to those who lament. To the weak — 'ru' (rest). Close eye of 'mide' (weary) to sleep. Lullaby syllables: 'lyu... ha-lu-li' — nonsense syllables for rocking to sleep. 'Ale lib... ale lipn... ale tsu' (all love, all lips, all to/closed). Then silence: 'Horkh' (listen). From leaf — 'nit keyn shorkh' (not a rustle — onomatopoeia). From grass — 'nit keyn rir' (not a stir). Yet listen. Lullaby fading into cosmic silence.
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אין ברען פון בייטאָגיקע שעה"ן
ביים וואַלד, צי ביים זוים פון א פעלד,
איך שטיי מיט דער זעלבער הכנעה,
ווי כ'וואָלט שטיין אויף אַ טרעפ פון אַ שוועל.
אָוונטדליד
איבער אלע שטיבער,
איבער. אַלע דעכער,
טראָגן. זיך אַריבער
זילבער-ווייסע פעכער,
און זיי פּאָכן:
און זיי טראַגן
טרייסט, בטחון
צו די וואָס קלאַגן --
און צום שוואַמן --
רה --
און פּאַרמאַכן
אויג פון מידע
צר
אַלע -- ליו
אלע לידער --
אלע ליב:
אַלע ליפן --
אַלע צו.
אַלע -- ליה
האַ -- ללן -- ל
אַלע דא
אלע הא
אַלע צה 7 --
האָרך. האָרך.
פון 8 בלאט --
ניט קיין שאָרך.
פון אַ גראָז --
ניט קיין ריר,
דאך האַרך
In bren fun baytogike sheh'n,
baym vald, tsi baym zoym fun a feld,
ikh shtey mit der zelber hakhno'e,
vi kh'volt shteyn oyf a trep fun a shvel.
Ovnt-lid
Iber ale shtiber,
iber ale dekher,
trogn zikh ariber
zilber-vayse fekher,
un zey pokhn,
un zey trogn
treyst, bitokhn
tsu di vos klogn —
un tsum shvakhn —
ru, —
un farmakhn
oyg fun mide
tsu.
Ale — lyu,
ale lider —
ale lib;
ale lipn —
ale tsu.
ale — lyu,
ha — lu — li,
ale do,
ale hi,
ale tsu. — —
Horkh, horkh.
fun a blot —
nit keyn shorkh.
fun a groz —
nit keyn rir,
dokh horkh
In the burning of daytime hours,
by the forest, or by the edge of a field,
I stand with the same humility,
as if I would stand on the step of a threshold.
Evening Song
Over all cottages,
over all roofs,
carry themselves across
silver-white fans,
and they knock,
and they carry
comfort, trust
to those who lament —
and to the weak —
rest, —
and close
the eye of the weary
to.
All — lullaby,
all songs —
all love;
all lips —
all to.
all — lullaby,
ha — lu — li,
all here,
all there,
all to. — —
Listen, listen.
from a leaf —
not a rustle.
from a grass —
not a stir,
yet listen
Page 462. Conclusion of 'Unter di fliglen': 'in bren fun baytogike sheh'n' (in burning of daytime hours — Hebrew 'sha'ah'). By forest or field, stands with 'hakhno'e' (humility — Hebrew) as on 'trep fun a shvel' (step of threshold). New poem 'Ovnt-lid' (Evening Song): over 'shtiber' (cottages — Slavic), roofs, 'zilber-vayse fekher' (silver-white fans) carry across. They bring 'treyst, bitokhn' (comfort, trust — Hebrew 'bitachon') to those who lament. To the weak — 'ru' (rest). Close eye of 'mide' (weary) to sleep. Lullaby syllables: 'lyu... ha-lu-li' — nonsense syllables for rocking to sleep. 'Ale lib... ale lipn... ale tsu' (all love, all lips, all to/closed). Then silence: 'Horkh' (listen). From leaf — 'nit keyn shorkh' (not a rustle — onomatopoeia). From grass — 'nit keyn rir' (not a stir). Yet listen. Lullaby fading into cosmic silence.
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