CHOIR OF TEMPLE ISRAEL REFORM CONGREGATION AND CANTOR SUZANNE BERNSTEIN

"THE LOST WORLD," a poem by Alter Kacyzne*

Yiddish original:

Dos lebn shprotst, dos lebn blit, farblit
A velt fargeyt, a velt banayt di koykhes,
Un tsankt a mentsh, farblaybt nokh im zayn lid
A shpliter gold in shtoybikn paroykhes

* Source: Poyln - Jewish Life in the Old Country by Alter Kacyzne

English translation:

Life buds, it blossoms and it fades,
And though a person flickers, still the song remains,
Lost world, lost world,
In the dusty Torah curtain, a trace of gold.

Refrain: Lost world, still the song remains,
Lost world, a trace of gold.