To Be A Jew
By Aaron Zeitlin
Translated by A.Z. Foreman
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To be a Jew means running to God always
Although you may be His defier.
Means expecting to hear anywhere, any day
(Although you may be His denier)
The shofar of the Messiah.
To be a Jew means no escape from His snares
Although you may want to, God knows.
Means not to be able to stop saying prayers
Although you have said all those,
Although there are all the "althoughs."
The Original:
By Aaron Zeitlin
Translated by A.Z. Foreman
Click to hear me read the original Yiddish
To be a Jew means running to God always
Although you may be His defier.
Means expecting to hear anywhere, any day
(Although you may be His denier)
The shofar of the Messiah.
To be a Jew means no escape from His snares
Although you may want to, God knows.
Means not to be able to stop saying prayers
Although you have said all those,
Although there are all the "althoughs."
The Original:
זײַן אַ ייִד
אהרן צײַטלין
זײַן אַ ייִד הייסט אייביק לויפֿן צו גאָט,
אפֿילו אַז מ׳איז אַן אַנטלויפֿער;
דערוואַרטן צו הערן אַ ליאַדע טאָג
(אַפילו אַז מ׳איז אַ כּופֿר)
ס׳קול פֿון משיח׳ס שופֿר.
זײַן אַ ייִד הייסט נישט קענען אַרויס פֿון גאָט
אַפֿילו אַז מע וויל עס,
נישט קענען אויפֿהערן תּפֿילה צו טאָן
אַפֿילו נאָך אַלע תּפֿילותֿ
אַפֿילו נאָך אַלע אַפֿילו׳ס.
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