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DI FAYER KORBUNES The Fire’s Sacrifices
The Fire’s Sacrifices The hour rang
Work ended in the shirtwaist factory
The workers collected their pay
Lyric by Louis Gilrod
They hoped to get home early
Translation by Allen Lewis Rickman and Yelena Shmulenson
Suddenly, horror
Terror
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A scream
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A hellish fire breaks out
Desperate voices from all sides
All struggle to escape
The firemen’s bell rings
Terrified girls fly off the tenth floor
Di Fayer Korbunes ,ubcre rg˙p hs The inferno rages unstoppable
It burns living young bodies
Di shtunde hot geklapt, wyPTkegd y†v gsbuya hs
Der shap hot gestapt, wyPTyxgd y†v PTa rgs (Refrain)
In der groyser veyst-fektori. /hr†yegp-yxhhuu rgxhurd rgs iht Who can stand there unfeelingly and watch?
Di arbeter, zey hhz wrgygcrT hs Who will lament the sacrifices of Hell’s own fire?
Hobn gekrogn di pey hhP hs id†regd ic†v The mothers
Un geaylt zikh aheymgeyn far fri. /hrp rTp ihhdnhhvT lhz yk˙tgd iut cry
The fathers
Nor plutsim, oy vey, whhuu hut wohmukP r†b wail
A shrek, a geshrey, whhragd T wegra T and recite the Memorial Prayer for their young
A helishes fayer brekht oys. /xhut yfgrc rg˙p xgahkgv T children
Fun iberal kumen ignue kTrgcht iup Pain
Fartsveyflte shtimen ignhya gykphhuumrTp Shameful
Ayeder fil frier aroys. /xhurT rgHrp khp rgsghT The sacrifices of Dollar Land
The sacrifices of Dollar Land
Fayerlayt klingen, wigdbhke y˙krg˙p
Fun tsentn flor shpringen igdbhrPa r†kp iybgm iup Away to the factory, never to return,
Meydlekh far angst un fun noyt. /yhub iup iut yxdbT rTp lgkshhn a girl in the bloom of youth
Es krakht umgehayer rg˙vgdnut yfTre xg Mother at home doesn’t know
Dos shreklikhe fayer rg˙p gfhkegra x†s what becomes of her daughter
Un farbrent yunge laybn tsum toyt. /yhuy oum ic˙k gdbuh ybgrcrTp iut Dark night brings word of the monstrous blaze
The mother recognizes her daughter, burned
(Refren) (igrpgr) Agony steals her reason
Ver ken dos tsuzen on rakhmones, w,ubnjr i† igzum x†s ige rguu “Quickly, you brilliant people,” she screams —
Ver ken baveynen di korbones, w,ubcre hs igbhhuuTc ige rguu gone —
Fun dem fayer dem gehenem-brand? ?sbTrc-obvhd ogs rg˙p ogs iup “put up a black wedding-canopy!”
Mames veynen, tates klogn id†ke xgyTy wigbhhuu xgnTn Grief and bewilderment push her to madness
Nokh yunge kinder kadish zogn. /id†z ahse rgsbhe gdbuh l†b and she falls dead
Veytik, shmerts un shand: :sbTa iut .rgna wehyhhuu beside her only child
Korbones fun doler-land, wsbTk-rgk†s iup ,ubcre
Korbones fun doler-land. /sbTk-rgk†s iup ,ubcre (Refrain)
Avek in fabrik ehrcTp iht eguuT
Un kumt nit tsurik ehrum yhb ynue iut
A meydele bliend un sheyn. /ihha iut sbgHkc gkgshhn T
Di mame in der heym, wohhv rgs iht gnTn hs
Zi veyst nit fun dem ogs iup yhb yxhhuu hz
Vos iz mit ir tokhter geshen. /igagd rgyf†y rht yhn zht x†uu
Di fintstere nakht yfTb grgymbhp hs
Hot di nakhrikht gebrakht yfTrcgd yfhrfTb hs y†v
Fun shreklikhn fayer un brand. /sbTrc iut rg˙p ifhkegra iup
Di muter derkent ybgergs rgyun hs
Ir tokhter farbrent ybgrcrTp rgyf†y rht
Far shmerts farlirt zi ir farshtand. /sbTyarTp rht hz yrhkrTp .rgna rtp
Shnel, mentshn kluge, wgduke iaybgn kgba
Shrayt zi oys meshuge, wgduan xhut hz y˙ra
A shvartse khupe shtelt oyf geshvind. /sbhuuagd ;hut ykgya vPuj gmrTuua T
Zi yomert farvirt, wyrhuurTp yrgn†h hz
Fun zinen gerirt yrhrgd igbhz iup
Un falt toyt nebn ir eyntsik kind. /sbhe ehmbhht rht icgb yhuy ykTp iut
(Refren) (igrpgr)