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Lyrics
Di Svet Shop
Es royshn in shap azoy vild di mashinen,
Az oft mol farges ikh in roysh az ikh bin:
Ikh ver in dem shreklekhn tuml farlorn,
Mayn ikh vert dort botl, ikh ver a mashin.
Ikh arbet un arbet, un arbet on kheshbn,
Es shaft zikh un shaft zikh, un shaft zikh on tsol:
Far vos un far vemen? Ikh veys nit, ikh freg nit,
Vi kumt a mashine tsu denken a mol?
Nito keyn gefil, keyn gedank, keyn farshtand gor;
Di bitere blutike arbet dershlogt
Dos eydiste, shenste un beste, dos raykshte,
Dos tifste, dos hekhste vos lebn farmogt;
Es shvindn sekundn, minutn un shtundn
Gor zegl-shnel flien di nekht mit di teg;
Ikh trayb di mashin glaykhn ikh vil zey deryogn,
Ikh yog on seykhl, ikh yog on a breg.
(From "Songs of Generations: New Pearls of Yiddish Song," Eleanor and Joseph Mlotek)
Dem 9tn Yanuar
Dem nayntn yanuar a yomer mit a klog,
Me firt undzere brider fun birzhe in astrog.
Azoy vi me hot zey nor ahin arayngebrakht,
Azoy hobn mir zikh ale a neyder gemakht:
Brider un shvester, far kayn turmes zikh nit opshrekn
Aroys fun di turmes, ale mentshn tsu dervekn
Aroys fun di turmes, mit bombes un dinamit,
Farnikhtn di tiranen, vos zoygn undzer blit
Vos zoygn undzer blut, vi dem bestn vayn,
Der keyser mit der pravitshlstve zoln in dr'erd arayn.
un zey veln ahin arayn,
Vi m'ot a geshrey gegebn: “yidn un kristn!”
Hobn mir geentfert: “daloy kap'talistn!”
Ot demolt veln mir, arbeter, ufhoybn di kep.
Di velt vet vern banayt,
Demolt veln mir, arbeter, vern bafrayt.