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In Zaltsikn Yam

In Zaltsikn Yam (In the Salty Sea, Yiddish: אין זאַלטציקן ים‎) also known as In Zaltsikn Yam Fun Di Mentshleche Trern (In the Salty Sea From Human Tears, Yiddish: אין זאַלטציקן ים פֿון מענשליכע טרערן‎), or Tsum Bund: In Zaltsikn Yam Fun Di Mentshleche Trern is a Yiddish poem written by S. Ansky in 1901, that became a popular Yiddish song when music was added to it. The poem and song is dedicated to the socialist, General Jewish Labour Bund.

Contents

Recordings

  • "Once upon a time" (Amol Iz Geven A Mayse), compiled and narrated by Joseph Mlotek
  • "In Love And In Struggle: The Musical Legacy Of The Jewish Labor Bund", featuring Zalmen Mlotek, Adrienne Cooper, Dan Rous with The New Yiddish Chorale & The Workmen's Circle Chorus
  • Lyrics

    Yiddish:

    (First and part of second lines only)
    אין זאַלטציקן ים פֿון די מענטשלעכע טרערן, געפֿינט זיך

    English Transliteration:

    In zaltsikn yam fun di mentshlekhe trern
    Gefint zikh a shreklekher thom,
    Er ken shoyn nit tifer, nit fintsterer vern,
    Im tseykhnt a blutiker shtrom.

    Dem thom hobn toyznter yorn gegrobn
    Emune in sine un payn,
    Un toyznter yorn, alts tropn nokh tropn
    Es gisn zikh trern arayn.

    Der arbeter ver vet endlekh derleyzn
    Fun hunger un eybiker layd ?
    Un ver vet dem veg im tsu frayhayt bavayzn
    Tsu brudershaft, glaykhkayt un freyd ?

    Der arbeter vet di velt i bafrayen i heyln,
    Er vet dergreykhn dem thom bizn grunt,
    Zol leben fun Rusland, fun Lite un Poyln,
    Der Yidisher Arbeter Bund.

    English:

    In the salty sea of human tears
    One hears a painful frightening scream
    For one beholds years after years
    That life’s an endless blood-soaked stream

    References

    In Zaltsikn Yam Wikipedia


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