RAKHMONES AFN IMIGRANT (I Pity the Poor Immigrant)
Original English by Bob Dylan, Yiddish by Daniel Kahn
rakhmones afn imigrant
vos badoyert farlozn zayn heym,
vos shaft a velt mit beyzkayt,
nor blaybt tsum sof aleyn,
der vos shvindlt mit di hent
un shekert durkh di tseyn,
vos far zayn lebn hot nor faynt
un hot moyre zayn fargeyn.
rakhmones afn imigrant
zayn koyekh iz umzist,
zayn himl iz an ayznvand,
zayn yam fun trern gist,
er frest nor vert nit keynmol zat,
er hert nor blaybt alts blind,
er farlibt zikh in gevirishaft
un farvorlozt mikh atsind.
rakhmones afn imigrant
vos shlept zikh durkhn koyt
vos filt zayn moyl mit khoyzek
un boyt zayn shtot fun toyt
vos zayn khizoyen sof kol sof
darf kalye vern gor
rakhmones afn imigrant
ven zayn freyd vet vern vor.