Tribute to the great yiddish poet Mordechaj Gebirtig,(who was killed by the Nazis 1942) and every single holocaust victim...

4 poems performed by norwegian-jewish singer Bente Kahan.

'Chob schon lang (For a long time)
Dos lidl fin goldenem land (The song about the golden land)
Bleib gesund mir krokke (Farewell Cracow)
Gehat hob ich a heim (Once I had a house)

From the album "Farewell Cracow"
Pictures of Cracow, Kazimierz, holocaust survivors & victims and old Palestine.

Blajb gesunt mir, Kroke!
Blajb-she gesunt mir
Ss'wart di fur geschpant schojn far majn hojs, ss'trajbt der wilder ssjone
wi m'trajbt a hunt,
mit achorjess mich fun dir arojss.

All time favorite yiddish song. Music
and Lyrics by Mark Warshawsky.

Oyfn Pripetchik
(written by Mark Warshavsky)
אױפֿן פּריפּעטשיק

Oyfn pripetchik brent a fayerl,
un in shtub is heys.
Un der rebe lernt kleyne kinderlakh
dem alef-beyz.

Zet zhe kinderlakh,
gedenkt zhe, tayere, vos ir lernt do.
Zogt zhe nokh a mol un take nokh a mol:
"Komets-alef: o!"

Lernt kinderlakh, lernt mit freyd,
lernt dem alef-beyz.
Gliklekh is der Yid, wos kent die toyre
un dos alef-beyz.

ENGLISH TRANSLATION:

At the fireplace
(Yiddish Translation)

At the fireplace a little fire burns
And in the room it's warm.
And the Rabbi teaches little children
the aleph-bet

See you children-dear,
remember dear, what you're learning
here.
Say once again, and then once again,
"Komets-alef: o!"

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