6. A Hoykher Boym…(A Tall Tree…)
Ruth Levin, Yiddish Singer and actress, performs songs of her father, Leibu Levin, with Pianist Taisiya Pushkar. American tour, New York, 2008 Though half a world they covered With my spilled blood, A hundred times they murdered me A thousand times they shot me- Even so, no fire and no sword Haven’t taken me And now, as you can see, I grow upon the earth- A tall tree, A beautiful tree, A strong tree! Though they chipped my branches And burned them to the wind, Not even a handful of ashes …
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