in der fintsternish flit a farshpetikte ban,
in a tunkl geroysh ongeton.
un a shiker|er shloft af a hiltserner bank
inem grinem geramen vagon.
inem shtral vern sosnes un topoln grin
af a vayle un shvarts nokh anand,
un di relsn antloyfn. far vos un vuhin
firn zey di farblondzhete ban?
in der fintsternish hot a geshrey zi geton
un farshvundn vert vu-nit-iz vayt,
nor a royte lamter funem letstn vagon
shtelt a punkt af der bloy-shvartser zayt.
alts darf men baytn, tsum badoyer,
mir hobn shoyn a leb geton.
geefnt iz a nayer toyer,
dos naye lebn heybt zikh on.
foroys, tsu vayte grine bregn
fun tife blitsndike taykhn,
tsu beymer, grozn, berg un regn,
tsu shney, tsu hogl un dos glaykhn.
foroys! me tor nit nifter vern
nit on keyn loyn, nit on keyn shtrof.
mir zeen undzer veg biz kern,
un dakht zikh, az biz same sof.