veyn nit, mame

mame, vos veynstu
azoy fil atsind?
du kenst nokh fun veynen
vern blind.

ikh veyn oyf di tsores
fun undzere brider, mayn kind,
shver shtroft undz got
far nishtike zind.

mame, du lebst
in a gor groysn toes.
es shtroft undz nit got
un nit der malekh h|moves.

dort flit an odler a vilder.
zeyt toyt vi in a beyt;
mit a tuml a gepilder
iber mentshn un shtet.

veyn nit, mame,
halt ayn dayne trern.
mir muzn in flamen
dem odler far|tsar_|n.

di merder dershlogn
zey zoln keynmol nit shtrebn.
mer di kep oyfheybn
veln mir ruik kenen lebn.