לידער פון גן-עדן
Songs from Paradise
Work 360 of 440
Pages 423-424. Title page for new cycle 'Lider fun gan-eydn' (Songs from Paradise/Eden — Hebrew 'gan eden'). Dated 1932-1936, written during Leivick's tuberculosis treatment at Denver Sanatorium and in New York. 'Gan-eydn' (Paradise/Garden of Eden) becomes ironic title for poems written during illness. 'Ershter teyl' (First Part) indicates multi-part structure. Leivick contracted tuberculosis from his Siberian exile years and spent extended periods at the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society sanatorium in Denver, Colorado. These poems document the experience of illness, healing, and spiritual transformation. Blank page before the beginning of 'Lider fun gan-eydn' (Songs from Paradise) cycle. Serves as a visual break between the end of 'Volkns ahintern vald' (Clouds Behind the Forest, 1930) and the new section.
לידער פון גן-עדן
1932-1936
(דענווער-סאנאטאריום — ניו יארק)
ערשטער טייל
[blank page]
Lider fun gan-eydn
1932-1936
(Denver-sanatorium — Nyu-York)
Ershter teyl
[blank page]
Songs from Paradise
1932-1936
(Denver Sanatorium — New York)
First Part
[blank page]
Pages 423-424. Title page for new cycle 'Lider fun gan-eydn' (Songs from Paradise/Eden — Hebrew 'gan eden'). Dated 1932-1936, written during Leivick's tuberculosis treatment at Denver Sanatorium and in New York. 'Gan-eydn' (Paradise/Garden of Eden) becomes ironic title for poems written during illness. 'Ershter teyl' (First Part) indicates multi-part structure. Leivick contracted tuberculosis from his Siberian exile years and spent extended periods at the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society sanatorium in Denver, Colorado. These poems document the experience of illness, healing, and spiritual transformation. Blank page before the beginning of 'Lider fun gan-eydn' (Songs from Paradise) cycle. Serves as a visual break between the end of 'Volkns ahintern vald' (Clouds Behind the Forest, 1930) and the new section.
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