Tuesday, October 13, 2009

I really like the way this speech sounds in Yiddish

Zayn oder nit zayn - dos iz di frage:
Tsi iz eydeler far dem gemit tsu laydn
Di shtekh un di fayln fun dem beyzn mazl
Oder aroysgeyn mit gever kegn a yam fun tsores
Un makhn fun zey an end? Shtarbn - shlofn -
Vayter gornisht!

Hakavy, Alexander, "Iz yidish a shprakh fir drame?" Di fraye yidishe folksbine I (1897)

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