zol es shturemen

vi ken ikh hofn
az a likhtik-shtral
zol tsu mayn harts tsukumen
ven zun
vert fun shrek arumgenumen?

to zol es shturemen
mit vintn un frest,
tseshtetern yede festung un
yede fintstere nest
vos vert bavoynt
fun krankayt-tragedye bruem,
fun merder un reshoyem.

zoln vintn shnaydn, moln,
biz s'vet vern shtoyb
fun yeder khaye.
un zun vet zikh bavayzn
a loytere, a fraye.

dan vet dos ayz
bay mir in harts tsegeyn,
un efsher vet mayn lebn
take vern nay un sheyn.