In 1941, in New York, hert a khidesh,
Dos Kelbl, a lid geshribn oyf yidish,
In mitn der tsveyter velt-milkhome,
Dos meynt in mitn khurbn,
A halber velt avek fun der laydndiker Eyrope,
Hot undzer po’et un dramaturg,
Kabole-forsher, parapsikholog,
Ahren Tseytlin
Geshribn a lid vegn a kelbl, oyf a vogn,
Oyfn veg tsu der shkhite…
Di muzik hot ongeshribn der barimter Sholom Secunda.
Der yid, dos kelbl, oyf a vogn,
Oyfn veg tsum mark, on farshteyn farvos.
Zikh lernen fliyen?
Oder a muzikalishe mehume tsu der frayheyt!
Afile ven men hot undz mamesh gefirt tsu der shkhite
Hot der sheferisher impuls zikh nisht gevaklt.
An Andaluzisher opruf:
DONA DONA,
Azoy vi gezungen in Magreb.
In 1941, in New York, listen to this remarkable thing:
“The Calf”, a poem written in Yiddish.
In the middle of the Second World War,
That is, in the middle of the Holocaust,
Half a world away from suffering Europe,
Our poet and playwright,
Kabbalah-researcher, parapsychologist,
Aaron Zeitlin,
Wrote a song about a calf, on a wagon,
On its way to the slaughter…
The music was written by the great Sholom Secunda,
The Jew, the calf, on a wagon,
Bound for market, not understanding why.
Learn to fly?
Or a musical stampede to freedom!
Even as we were led to the slaughter,
The creative impulse never wavered.
An Andalusian response:
“Donna, Donna”
as sung in the Magreb.
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