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
"He cries:--O mother, O mother, help me! If you cannot help me take me
to you!--Arise, all you dead, arise quickly! Arise, all you dead, and
save my child!
* * * * *
"All the dead lie quietly in their rest; to God's own throne I shall
soon fly. From God's own throne I shall not depart, ere He will hear my
cries, my entreaty."
* * * * *
"Lord of the World, where are Your mercies? You are the father of
orphans and widows,--how can You look at the evil woman pouring forth
her venomous anger upon my orphan?
"Meine junge Jāhren hāst Du mir ābgeschnitten,
Bist Du mechujew mein Jossem zu hüten;
Vun dein Welt hāb' ich nit geha't Vergenügen,
To lās mich chotsch ruhig in Keewer einliegen!
"Wie känn ich in Keewer einliegen beruht,
Wenn 's rinnt mir arein mein Jossem's Blut?
Wie känn ich zum Grub zurück sich umkehren,
Wenn mein Grub is' vull mit mein Jossem's Trähren?"
* * * * *
"Nu, schweig schōn, mein Kind, sei ruhig mein Neschome!
Ich hāb' schōn gehört vun Gott a Nechome:
Gott sāgt, 's wet sein zu deine Zores an End',
Er wet ausloesen dich vun der Stiefmutter's Händ'.
"Die Reschas, die Stiefmutter wet Gott bestrāfen,
Un' du, mein Kind, schweig! Zu Gott sollst nor hoffen!
Far alle deine Zores, far alle deine Lēid,
Wet Gott dir bezāhlen mit Nechomes un' Frēud'.
"Nu, schweig schōn, mein Kind, wisch' āb deine Trähren!
Du sollst mich nit mehr vun mein Ruh' stören!
Gott wet erfüllen sein hēiliges Wort;
Nu känn ich schōn liegen ruhig in mein Ort."
M. GORDON.
VII. DIE MUME SOSJE
('Die Jüdene,' pp. 65-67)
VIERTE SCENE
(_Chanzi-Ginendel kummt arein; Sosje un' Silberseid hēben sich auf vun
die Pläze._)
SOSJE. Awade, awade! Seht ihr? O dās is' mein Schwesterl!
SILBERSEID. (_Nemmt bei ihr die Hand un' nēigt sich hoeflich._) Es freut
mich Ihre Kanntschaft.
"You have cut off my young years, You ought at least to watch over my
child; I have not enjoyed much pleasure in Your world,--at least let me
lie in peace in my grave!
"How can I lie in peace in my grave, when my orphan's blood flows into
it? How can I return to my grave, when my grave is full of the tears of
my orphaned child?"
* * * * *
"Now, be silent, my child, be quiet, my own soul! I have had good news
from the Lord! God says there will be an end to your troubles, He will
save you from your stepmother's hands.
* * * * *
"God will punish the evil woman, and you, my child, be quiet and hope in
God! For all your sorrows, for all your suffering, God will pay you with
pleasures and joys.
"Now, be silent, my child, wipe off your tears! You must not disturb me
in my rest! God will fulfil His holy word; and now I may lie quietly in
my place!"
VII. AUNT SOSIE
FOURTH SCENE
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