| Traduzione inglese di Gary Bachlund. |
POGROM | POGROM |
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Am Sonntag fällt ein kleines Wort im Dom, | On Sunday in the cathedral one whispers to some, |
Am Montag rollt es wachsend durch die Gasse, | On Monday's streets are set in motion events to come, |
Am Dienstag spricht man schon vom Rassenhasse, | On Tuesday people chatter and splatter race hatred noisome, |
Am Mittwoch rauscht und raschelt es: Pogrom! | On Wednesday it rushes and rustles aloud: Pogrom! |
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Am Donnerstag weiß man es ganz bestimmt: | On Thursday one is convinced, renewed, and so it grows: |
Die Juden sind an Rußlands Elend schuldig! | The guilty Jews are the cause of all of Russia's woes! |
Wir waren nur bis dato zu geduldig. | Up to now we've been patient, they say, goodness knows. |
(Worauf man einige Schlucke Wodka nimmt...) | (And for this more vodka into our people flows....) |
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Der Freitag bringt die rituelle Leiche, | On Friday is found that first corpse, resurrected, |
Man stößt den Juden Flüche in die Rippen | One stabs in the ribs the Jewish curse suspected, |
Mit festen Messern, daß sie rückwärts kippen. | With sturdiest knives the vermin are best corrected. |
Die Frauen wirft man in diverse Teiche. | One throws their women into ponds, as directed. |
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Am Samstag liest man in der “guten” Presse: | On Saturday one reads something of this in our "good" press: |
Die kleine Rauferei sei schon behoben, | The little dust up is already past, they do but confess, |
Man müsse Gott und die Regierung loben... | And for this both our God and our state one must bless... |
(Denn andernfalls kriegt man eins in die Fresse.) | (Otherwise, just keep your trap shut about this mess.) |