Di farlorene
Di farlorene:
a liste fun numern, dates, ortn,
keyn nemen nit,
gezemlekh nit-menshn,
gezemlekh nit-blumen,
hoyfens ash.
Kovno iz itst Kaunas,
Yaneshok iz itst Joniskis,
Kupeshik Kopiskis,
Kurshan Kurshenai.
Rakishok iz Rokiskis,
keyner zaynen nit geblibn aroyszogen
di idishe nemen.
Keyner zaynen nit gebliben aroysreden
zeyer nemen;
akhutz mir,
di fragmentn.
Hazel Frankel
[The lost: a list of numbers, dates, places,/no
names;/
clumps of not-people;/clumps of not-flowers;/
clumps of ash.
Kovno is now only Kauen,/Yaneshok now only
Joniskis,/
Kupershik Kopishok,/Kurshan Kurshenai/
Rakishok is Rokiskis/
None left to pronounce/the Yiddish names.
None left to pronounce/their names;/only we,/the
fragments][/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
