L’shonetoyve tikoseyvu by I. L. Peretz. Translated from the Yiddish
by Max Rosenfeld
L’shonetoyve tikoseyvu –
Everyone, wherever you are!
Whether fate has played you ill
And sent you to the steppes afar,
Or whether, cooling fevered brow,
Before the Western Wall you stand.
Whether on the distant seas.
You’re sailing to a promised land.
Or whether, with a patient smile,
You bear the heavy yoke with ease
And buy the very air to live
And pay for every breath you breathe
To everyone, at this new year,
In every tongue in every garb,
L’shonetoyve tikoseyvu –
Everyone, wherever you are!
Arnold Richards Editor
Nathan Szejnberg Managing editor
Staff of internationalpsychoanalysis.net