Mendele: Yiddish literature and language ______________________________________________________ Contents of Vol. 7.055 August 24, 1997 1) Ben Yishai (Alvin Greenberg) 2) About Computers/Internet/WWW: Yiddish radio program #3 (leybl botvinik) 1)---------------------------------------------------- Date: Fri, 22 Aug 1997 20:03:40 -0500 (CDT) From: Alvin Greenberg Subject: Ben Yishai Some of you may recall the message I posted earlier in the summer--a query, really, regarding the poet Ben Yishai (David Greenberg), my great-grandfather from Volhynia, who emigrated to Cincinnati in 1883. My fellow Minnesotan/St. Paulite Esther Goffstein has been generous enough to transliterate the three poems I found, and I'm appending them here for any who might be interested. I'm still seeking any information about him, including references to other poems, that anyone might be able to provide. For now, however, the poems: THREE POEMS BY BEN YISHAI (DAVID GREENBERG) TRANSLITERATIONS BY ESTHER GOFFSTEIN Hot Rakhmones Fun di lekher, fun di khurves, Fun farbrente, vista shtet Her ikh "min-hametser-ziftsn." Her ikh undzer folks gebet: "Brider, shvester, Got's gebentshte, Gliklekhe in frayhayt's land; Vayt fun mabl, blut un trern, Veyt fun khurbn, vayt fun brand." "Lozt nit oysgeyn undz fun hunger, Lozt nit shmakhtn undz fun kelt Hot rakhmones, libe yidn, Got's gebentshte oyf der velt." "Zoln tsedoke-shtrain shaynen Fun der tifenish fun harts, Trifn balzam oyf di vundn, Lindern dem vey, dem shmerts." "Fun yesoymim, fun almones, In dem yomertol aleyn; Fun fartribene in goles, Zeyer veynen--rirt a shteyn." "Fun di tekhter di farshemte Fun groys tsar arop fun zin; Fun di zaydes--kadish zogers, Nokh di eyniklekh un zin!" "Brider, shvester, hot rakhmones. Tif un groys iz undzer brokh! Zol a zun fun hilf un tsedoke, Brengen di rakhmones vokh!" 1-29-17 Tsum Kaboles Ponim Fun undzer libn gast Yehoyash Tsu dayn kaboles ponim, Yehohash, In der shenster tsayt fun yor-- Ven foygl zingen, blumen duften, S'lakht der himl, shaynt azoy klor. Volt ikh gevuntshn dikh bagrisn Mit di shenste blumen haynt. Nor blumen vos du libst am bestn Hob ikh layder nit, mayn fraynd! Du libst di royzn fun Yerikho, Lilien fun'm Shoron-Tol,-- Vos blien unter Tsioyn's himl, Bloy un loyter vi Kristol. Du libst dos land fun di neviyim, Fun Yisroel's greste zin; Dos land fun undzer Folk's neshome Libt azoy heys un benkt ahin. Bay dir iz Tsioyn heylig, tayer, Bist geven a toyshev dort-- Gib op a grus, mir viln gern Hern Tsioyn's letste vort. Dertseyl undz fraynd, fun nayem yishev Vu der yid lebt gaystik fray; Fun dem sheynem yungen May . . . Ikh hob far dir Yehoyash, kayn blumen, Di blumen di libste bay dir Ikh ken dikh mayn fraynd nor bagrisn-- Mit brokhes, mit libe on shir . . . 6-16-16 Gaystike Blumen Tsu der Banayung fun Cincinnatier "Talmud Toyre" Freyt zikh Cincinnatier yidn, Freyt zikh mit dem yontev, fraynd, Undzer naye Talmud Toyre Efnt ire tirn haynt! Kumt arayn, Yisroel's kinder-- Blumen fun dem nayen dor. Vert bakant mit undzer toyre, Mit ir moto--"yehi or." Heylik iz di heym fun toyre Zi iz undzer Gibralter; Zi bapantsert un bashitst undz Fun farnikhtung, fun gefar. Ales, ales, hot tseshtert shoyn, Undzer soyne, undzer faynd; Un ti toyre iz farblibn-- Bliend, reytsend, yung biz haynt. Yo, s'iz emes di yeries Hobn shoyn fil mol gebrent, Nor ir hoykhn gayst farnikhtn, Hot kayn shturem nit gekent. Tif in undzer folk's neshome Iz ir lere ayngekritst; Imer hot der Yid mit libe Shtolts farteydikt zi, bashitst. Yeder folk farmogt martirer, Ober nit azoy fil vi mir; Yidn hobn ale doyres Mutik, brav gekemft far ir. Zoln oykh di kinder kenen Zeyer eybiker natsion, Un shtoltsirn alts di treger Fun der sheyner takhlis-fon. Zol mayn folk, dayn dor der nayer Zayn bashtralt mit toyres likht, Yidn, shtitst di Talmud-Toyre, Tut mit libe ayer flikht! 5-28-16 _____ Alvin Greenberg St. Paul, MN 2)---------------------------------------------------- Date: Sun, 24 Aug 1997 15:26:49 -0700 From: leybl botwinik Subject: About Computers/Internet/WWW: Yiddish radio program #3 [English follows] dinstik dem 26stn un mitvokh dem 27stn avgust vet transmisirt vern der 3ter fun di khoydeshlekhe 10-minutike programen oyf der yidisher radio oyditsye fun "kol-yisrael", gevidmet kompyuters, dem internets, un dem alveltlekhn veb. der "yidisher kompyuter vegvayzer - radio program" vert tsugegreyt un ongefirt fun leybl botvinik der 3ter program vet men hern: - dinstik dem 26stn avgust (20:00-20:25) oyf 88.2 FM, in yisroyl, un oykh mikhuts yisroyl (zet untn far di koordinatn). - mitvokh dem 27stn avgust (19:00-19:25) oyf 927 AM un 954 AM, in yisroyl. The 3rd monthly 10-minute radio-show on the Yiddish program of Kol-Yisrael about Computers, Internet and the World Wide Web, will be transmitted on Tuesday the 26th and Wednesday the 27th of August. The "Yiddish Computer Guide - Radio Program" is prepared and presented by Leybl Botwinik. The 3rd program may be heard on: - Tuesday the 26th of August (20:00-20:25) on 88.2 FM in Israel and also outside of Israel (see below for more info) - Wednesday the 27th of August (19:00-19:25) on 927 AM and 954 AM, in Israel. International broadcasts (27th of August) are as follows: LANGUAGE GMT/UTC KHz Meters Target Areas ------- ----------- --- ------ ----------------- Yiddish 16:00-16:25 9365 32.03 Central Europe 9435 31.79 North America 11585 25.89 East Europe 11605 25.85 C.Europe/N.America 17:00-17:25 9435 31.79 North America 11585 25.89 East Europe 11605 25.85 C.Europe/N.America ------ leybl botvinik, netanya ______________________________________________________ End of Mendele Vol. 7.055