Ich hob obgelept shain achtzik yohr.
Vee shneel un shnel is aribergefleigen.
Vais vi shnei zainen dee grue hor -
Un dee ruken in drei-en iz oisgebeigen.
Mayne kinder yoren vell ich nit fargessen,
vi ess hot ba mir in mayne everen geklungen
az mayn mamenyu iz ba mayn viggele gezezen un hot mir dos liddele gezungen;
Az dee gantze velt iz vi a fintztere shtub un alles iz hevel havolim,
A kurtzer shpan iz foon vigel biz tzum grub
un der leben iz nisht mer vi a cholom.
Ersht geven a keend och vi geshvind
un yetzt vart oif mir a keiver...
I remember going to his house/basement/hovel
What for I don't know.
But it was this cozy tiny place in the driveway of Yeshiva.
T'was a very long time ago.
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