What a mess!…as if Covid wasn’t enough, we now have a war going on in Europe between Russia and Ukraine, as the United States looks on glumly. It seems that Vladimir Putin has decided to turn the world upside down…
Hello everyone and welcome to another episode of KMIY. This is SDV and I’m here to flavor your spoken Yiddish with a rich and spoken umami spice.
Whereas a spice lingers on the taste buds, really well-spoken Yiddish brings out emotions; both happy and sad. Today we address the conflict in the Ukraine and a Yiddish view of what’s going on. Sit back, close your eyes, and absorb the message.
Hopefully by the time you hear this, the conflict has all but ended…The Kish Mir In Yiddish! podcast is hosted by Schloymeh D'Voyle. Available at TheYiddishPodcast.com - and anywhere you listen to podcasts.
The War Has Started…
by Sol Awend
Deh mulc’hoomeh ot zec’h oogeh hoyben
…The war has started
Maygstec’h dec’h ibbeh bygen, naw saysht lawz aroop deh hoyzen.
…You may bend over, but first drop your pants.
Deh Roos
…The Russians
Iz doo tzeh mac’hen ah fahdroos
…Is here to create sadness
Deh Putin?
…That Putin
Ah Sootin!
…The Devil!
Ich zoog deh deh nevoores.
…I am telling you the truth.
Ayeh geit ootee-en shvereh tzoores.
…He is going to create heavy troubles.
Dee Roosen gayben ah laac’h,
…The Russians give a laugh,
Deh fah zei meinen ahz deh Ukrahyeeneh zenen shvaac’h.
…Because they think that the Ukrainians are weak.
Dee Roosin meinen ahs zeb’n tee-en voos zei vill’n…
…The Russians think they can do what they want.
Deh vaal dee velt kik’t tzeh mit ah shvaac’hen geh dill.
…Meanwhile the world looks on with little will.
Es vayet shpayt
…It’s getting late
Fah Gt tzeeh tzeh geiben deh geybayt.
…For Gd to impose His will.
Putin ot doos menscheit git fah feeyet.
…Putin has misguided the people.
Towzenteh menneh deh harget, frowen beh heeyet.
…Thousands of men killed, women raped.
Kindeh,
…Children
Shtyen beh zindeh.
…Stand by themselves.
Avhek geh yook’t un ahvek geh trookt.
…Chased and carried away.
Ahvek geh nimen voos menschen ob’n fahmook’t.
…Taken away what people have owned.
Toyteh heit,
…In a deadly way,
Ryoteh heit
…In a Red and bloody way
Meh miz folgen,
…One must obey,
Odeh nisht, zay’t men nisht ka mawrgen.
…If not, one will not see tomorrow.
Naw, varttsheh’ tzee ah minit!
…By wait a minute!
Zetzt dec’h, tee oss daim hit.
Fah droos?
…Sadness?
Fah voos ?
…Why?
“Ah krenk!”, zoog’t Zelensky, “Geb ich ein shtik’l ayet!”
…”Suffer!”, says Zelenesky, “to see if I give one piece of land!”
“Dee bridikeh Roos! Guy dee kop in drayet!”
…You dirty Russian! “Go to hell, head first!”
“Met dec’h off essen, laybidikeh heit!”
…We will eat you alive!”
Mac’h fah kayet, vet zahn fah dreit!
…Make it opposite, and it will be crooked!”
Zei voos fooren in dee taanken,
…Those driving in the tanks,
Obn aros shpringen, dee Ukrahyeeneh tzeh daanken!
…Jumped out of the tanks to thank the Ukaraians!
Deh hospitayleh
…The hospitals
Nisht tzeh maac’hen ah fayleeh.
…Didn’t want to create a failure.
Zenen geh vorren beh holfen fin deh Isra-ayleh
…They were helped by the Isrealis.
Devaal ih dee broc’h gevorren shmayleh.
…Meanwhile the catastrophy grew smaller.
America ih geh shtaanen ahz veh in a c’hish.
…America stood as if in a daze.
Offehneh oygen, ah fish hekel in mowel fin ah fish.
…Open eyes, a fish hook in a fish’s mouth.
Zy zenen fo-el,
…They are lazy
Maac’ht naw mit’n mowel
…Know how to flap their jowls
Doos boimel ot zy fah saamp’t.
…The petroleum has opised them.
Ah zoy fill lig’t bah zei in zaamp’t.
…So much is under their ground.
Naw dee Ukrahyeeneh lawzen zec’h nisht.
…But the Ukrainians are not letting up.
Im koortzen vet deh Roos veren ahvek geh vish’t.
…Shortly the Russians will be wiped away.
Un bah deh Puten, Vet veren bah nem pooteh.
…And by that Putin fellow, he will become fatigued.
Et shraayen aveh ahn oogeh falleneh kooteh.
…He will scream like a befallen feline.
Vet men vissen vay ot geh finen…
…When we’ll see who won
Un vayeh zitzt yetz in drinneh.
…And who is sitting inside.
--So it is now.
A madman on the loose with no one to stop him…80 years ago there was Babi Yar…80 years later…Babi Yar,a monument to innocent Jewish dead is bombed. To say it in Yiddish would be so discombobulated, so I’ll tell you simply…Hope for the best, expect the worst.
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