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Shkie / ש​ק​י​ע​ה

from Zelik / ז​ע​ל​י​ק by Benjy Fox-Rosen

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In mayn kleynem, tunklen tsimer
Zits ikh eynzam un fargesn.
Dikh mekane bin ikh, bruder,
Dayne feygl monen esn.

In a vinkl hengt a shpin dort,
Nogt fun flign oys dos khayes.
In dem nign fun der gril dort
her ikh lang shoyn nit keyn nayes.

Vest mikh rotn, vest mikh eytsn
Zikh a nestl oystsuboyen.
Nor mayn harts vos filt dem shturem
Lozt keyn feygl mikh nisht khoven.

Vagn toybn, vayse toybn,
Flien fun di khmares hekher.
Falt a regn, ritshkes yogn,
Farbn blutik royt di tekher.

Akh, di khmares, un di shpinen,
Un vi vey mir tuen di toybn-
Du zest bruder, feygl veynen,
Un ikh- blutik royte shoybn.

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In my small, dark room
I sit lonely and forgotten.
I am jealous of you brother,
Your birds demand their food.

In a corner hangs a spider,
He gnaws the life from flies.
It is long since I have heard anything new in the cricket's song.

You will counsel me, advise me
To build myself a little nest.
But my heart, which feels the storm
Won't allow me to shelter any birds.

White doves dare,
to fly higher than the clouds.
A rain falls, the streams rush,
Coloring the rooftops blood red.

Oh, the clouds, and the spiders,
And how the doves make me ache-
You see brother, birds cry,
And I- blood red windowpanes.

Translated by Benjy Fox-Rosen with thanks to Sonia Gollance and Itzik Gottesman

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from Zelik / ז​ע​ל​י​ק, released September 1, 2021

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Benjy Fox-Rosen Vienna, Austria

Benjy Fox-Rosen (Los Angeles, 1984) is a singer, bassist and composer based in Vienna, Austria. Fox-Rosen has been commissioned to write works for choirs, artistic interventions, and audio-installations; he has produced two CDs of his own music, both of which were recognized by the Forward in the top-five Jewish music album of the year category. ... more

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