Update, November 25, 2016
Update, November 30, 2016
Es brent, briderlekh, es brent.
Undzer orem shtetl, nebekh, brent!
Beyze vintn irgazon,
Brekhn, brenen un tseblozn,
Un ir shteyt un kukt,
Azoy zikh, mit farleygte hent.
Oy, ir shteyt un kukt
Azoy zikh, vi undzer shtetl brent.
Es brent, briderlekh, es brent.
Undzer orem shtetl, nebekh, brent!
Es hobn shoyn di fayertsungen
Dos gantse shtetl ayngeshlungen.
Alts arum shoyn brent,
Un ir shteyt un kukt
Azoy zikh, vi undzer shtetl brent.
Es brent, briderlekh, es brent!!
Di hilf iz nor in aykh gevent,
Az dos shtetl iz aykh tayer,
Nemt di keylim, lesht dos fayer,
Lesht dos fayer mit eygn blut,
Shteyt nit brider
Ot azoy zikh mit farleygte hent.
Shtetyt nit brider
Lesht dos fayer, vayl undzer shtetl brent.
The poet Mordechaj Gebirtig appeals to his brothers and sisters not to stand passively and watch helplessy how their town is burning but to seize what they can and put down the fire, even with
their own blood.
Sidor Belarsky: Undzer Shtetl Brent. Recorded Sound Archives. Florida Atlantic University
Netanyahu: ‘Evidence Of Arson’ In Wildfires Sweeping Israel. By Deborah Danan,
Breitbart News, 24 Novwember 2016
