In kamf - Yiddish


Mir vern gehast un getribn,
Mir vern geplogt un farfolgt;
Un alts nor derfar vayl mir libn
Dos oreme shmaktnde folk.

Mir vern dershosn, gehangen,
Men roybt undz dos lebn un rekht;
Derfar vayl emes farlangen
Un frayhayt far oreme knekht.

Shmidt undz in ayzerne keytn,
Vi blutike khayes undz rayst;
Ir kent undzer kerper nor teytn
Nor keyn mol undzer heylikn gayst.

Ir kent undz dermordn, tiranen,
naye kemfer vet brengen di tsayt;
Un mir kemfn, mir kemfn biz vanen
Di gantse velt vet vern bafrayt.


Word for word translation:

They hate us and grab,
Afflict us, and persecuted,
And all because we love
Impoverished and agony of the people.

We shoot and hang,
We have taken the lives and rights,
And all because we want the truth
and freedom to the poor slaves.

Zakuyte us in iron shackles,
Tear us as bloodthirsty beasts;
You can only kill our bodies,
But it is not our holy spirit.

You can kill us, tyrants,
New fighters will bring time;
And we are fighting, fighting with you,
While there is no free all mir.1889