The History of Yiddish Literature in the Nineteenth CenturyWiener, Leo
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The History of Yiddish Literature in the Nineteenth Century
Wiener, Leo
Yiddish literature -- History and criticism
5. Gēht wieder auf die Sunn', vargēht wieder die Sunn', all's wieder in
ihr Ruh' arein, sie scheint, sie schnappt nor ahin.
6. Er gēht kein Dorem un' drēht sich aus kein Zoffen, arum un' arum
drēht sich aus der Wind, un' asō kummt āber a Māl araus der ēigener
Wind.
7. Alle Teichen gēhn in Jam arein un' der Jam gēht noch all's nischt
über; wuhin die Teichen gēhn, varstēh', dorten araus gēhn see take
wieder zurück.
8. Alle Sachen mutschen sich, nor es känn kēin Mensch gār nischt all's
ausreden, kēin Äug känn sich drān nit satt ānkucken, kēin Ōher känn sich
nit genug vull ānhören.
9. Wās a Māl is gewesen, dās Ēigene wet take wieder a Māl sein, un' wās
es flegt sich zu thun, dās wet sich wieder alle Māl thun: es is' gār
all's kēin Neues nischt unter der Sunn'.
10. Oftmāls wet sich a Sach mit geben, wās me sāgt: "Owa, o dās is'
schōn jā spogel neu, es is lō hojo!" Es is' schōn a Māl asō äuch gewe'n,
far Zeiten, as mir senen noch efscher auf der Welt nischt gewe'n.
I. ECCLESIASTES
(Chap. I. 1-11)
1. The words of the Preacher, the son of David, king in Jerusalem.
2. Vanity of vanities, saith the Preacher, vanity of vanities; all is
vanity.
3. What profit has a man of all his labour which he taketh under the
sun?
4. One generation passeth away, and another generation cometh: but the
earth abideth forever.
5. The sun also ariseth, and the sun goeth down, and hasteth to his
place where he arose.
* * * * *
6. The wind goeth toward the south, and turneth about unto the north; it
whirleth about continually, and the wind returneth again according to
his circuits.
7. All the rivers run into the sea; yet the sea is not full; unto the
place from whence the rivers come, thither they return again.
8. All things are full of labour; man cannot utter it; the eye is not
satisfied with seeing, nor the ear filled with hearing.
* * * * *
9. The thing that hath been, it is that which shall be; and that which
is done is that which shall be done; and there is no new thing under the
sun.
* * * * *
10. Is there any thing whereof it may be said, See, this is new? it hath
been already of old time, which was before us.
11. Es gedenkt sich schōn azund nischt in dem, wās a Māl früher is
gewe'n, āber in die spätere Sachen, wās wöllen sich erst thun, wet män
noch später äuch in see vargessen.
M. M. LEFIN.
II. DIE MALPE
('Mescholim,' etc., p. 106)
"Weis' mir chotsch ēine zwischen die Chajes,
"Ich soll nischt nāchmachen ihre Hawajes!"
Asō thut sich a Malpele berühmen
Var a Fuchs, wās is' zu ihr gekümmen.
Dās Füchsel entwert teekef zurück:
"Sāg' nor du, parschiwe Marschelik!
"Wemen wet āber dās einfallen a ganz Jāhr,
"Er soll wöllen dir nāchmachen auf a Hāar?"
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