alts kirtser vern teg, un nekht --- alts lenger,
a gimpl fayft in tsvaygn vi a fleyt,
der vint iz sharf un beyz, fun tsofn brengt er
dem umfarmaydlekhn un noentn toyt,
un falt arop, un voyet inem koymen,
un mide grezer shtarbn bislekhvayz,
un tsvishn gele bleter bloyen floymen,
un inem emer shvimen shtiklekh ayz.
kh'ken nit zogn, az es tut mir bang,
dos iz a normaler proster shteyger:
emetser muz poyzen vi a shlang,
emetser ken flien vi a foygl.
lomir flien in der heykh arayn
iber dine zunendike shtraln,
lomir pruvn vern shtark un fray.
hekher! shrek zikh nit aroptsufaln.
shrek zikh nit tsu brekhn zikh dem haldz:
reanimatorn kenen alts.
s'ligt a shmoler prospekt tsvishn vent, broyne, gele un groye,
un di shtot dekhet shver, ongeton in asfalt un beton.
a granitener parkn, an alter tshugunener toyer,
un a kupol a grinlekher hengt afn bloylekhn fon.
dakht zikh, s'vartn di vent di far|kholem|te, groye un gele,
s'hot di tsayt af a rege farlangzamt ir eybikn trot.
mentshn, mide, farmaterte, rinen ariber pamelekh
in di vareme odern funem gepaktn metro.
un an ovnt tseshmirt dos gemel fun binyonem, un pletser, un gasn,
shabes-likht tsindt men on in di yidishe dires atsind,
ergets dortn, nit vayt, zidt in taykh di farnaftikte vaser,
kvole kustn un beymelekh boygn zikh untern vint.