Es brent, briderlekh es brent!
Aroys iz in Vilne a hayer bafel
In tsvantsigstn yorhundert
Undzere brider fun yener zayt yam
Hot zikh mir di shikh tserisn
Her mayn kind, vi vintn brumen
Shtil, di nakht iz oysgeshtrent
Undzer Lid iz ful mit troyer : yugnt hymn
Excerpts from the diary of Shmerke Kacerginski. Zog nisht keynmol az du geyst dem letstn verg
From the diary of Mordecai Anilvitsh