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Kh’bin oysgeforn velder un felder, oy vey

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Title

Kh’bin oysgeforn velder un felder, oy vey

Date

1947

Description

Narrator comes across a murdered soldier, oy vey, his body is torn and blood spurts out. Three brothers are running away from him... Who will say kaddish over me, light candles...Who will come to my funeral? My trusted horse. Black birds come flying, rest on my grave. Black birds fly quickly to my mother to tell her of my health. Mame, mame, eat and forget my death.

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“Kh’bin oysgeforn velder un felder, oy vey,” YIVO Online Exhibitions, accessed October 4, 2024, https://ruthrubin.yivo.org/items/show/2095.
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