Work 279 of 440 · H. Leivick: Complete Works
לידער צו אַ ווײַטן פֿרײַנט
Lider tsu a vaytn fraynt
Songs to a Distant Friend
Page 335. Section title page: 'Lider tsu a vaytn fraynt' (Songs to a Distant Friend). This cycle, written in 1929-1930, is addressed to an unnamed distant correspondent — possibly a friend or lover in the Soviet Union, or an allegorical figure representing the homeland itself. The poems explore themes of longing, separation, and the impossibility of true communication across ideological and geographical divides.
לידער צו אַ ווײַטן פֿרײַנט
Lider tsu a vaytn fraynt
Songs to a Distant Friend
Page 335. Section title page: 'Lider tsu a vaytn fraynt' (Songs to a Distant Friend). This cycle, written in 1929-1930, is addressed to an unnamed distant correspondent — possibly a friend or lover in the Soviet Union, or an allegorical figure representing the homeland itself. The poems explore themes of longing, separation, and the impossibility of true communication across ideological and geographical divides.
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