רומקאָװסקי חײם
Yankele Hershkovits [Yankele Hershkowitz] / יאַנקעלע הערשקאָװיץVersione di Rachmil Bryks [Yerakhmiel Briks, ירכמיאל בריקס] da Der keyz... | |
RUMKOWSKI CHAIM Jews are blessed with Chaim [1] Life unto death Chaim from the House of Life [2] Rumkowski Chaim with his great miracle He performs miracles every day Enough to make you cry ‘Gevalt’ Everyone’s asking a different question But Chaim just says ‘Everything is fine!’ But our Chaim is great He gives us bran He gives us barley He gives us manna In times gone by, Jews ate man (manna) in the desert Today every wife is eating her own man Rumkowski Chaim thought it through well Worked hard by day and night He created a ghetto with a diet (food store) And he cries ‘gevalt’ that he is right. [3] Chaim Weitzmann said He wanted Jews to go to Palestine He told them to plow and to sow He sent them all to hell! [4] But our Chaim, Rumkowski Chaim [5] He gives us the leftovers every day One person gets a piece of bread Another a piece of horsemeat [6] He’s sending the whole ghetto to hell But our Chaim is great He gives us bran He gives us barley He gives us manna In times gone by, Jews ate man (manna) in the desert Today every wife is eating her own man Rumkowski Chaim thought it through well Worked hard by day and night He created a ghetto with a diet (food store) And he cries ‘gevalt’ that he is right. The third Chaim from the House of Life Made a good deal with the Angel of Death He should provide him more and more corpses He should provide them day and night So the Angel of Death Got to work right away He makes a mess out of every hero He does it quickly He does it well He makes the whole ghetto weak and tired. But our Chaim is great He gives us bran He gives us barley He gives us manna In times gone by, Jews ate man (manna) in the desert Today every wife is eating her own man Rumkowski Chaim thought it through well Worked hard by day and night He created a ghetto with a diet (food store) And he cries ‘gevalt’ that he is right. On a summer day A hot day Rumkowski goes through the streets Looking like an emperor A light coloured suit And dark glasses Surrounded by police I tell you, folks Our emperor has grey hair May he live to be a hundred [7] But our Chaim is great He gives us bran He gives us barley He gives us manna In times gone by, Jews ate man (manna) in the desert Today every wife is eating her own man Rumkowski Chaim thought it through well Worked hard by day and night He created a ghetto with a diet (food store) And he cries ‘gevalt’ that he is right. Rumkowski Chaim, the Eldest of the Jews Is employed by the Gestapo We Jews are his brothers And he supplies us food He makes miracles, Every day For heaven’s sake oy, oy, oy Everyone asks A second question oy Chaim says: It’s good this way! | רומקאָװסקי חײם ער געט אונדז מים, ער געט אונדז פֿעפֿער, ער געט אונדז סם 'ר האָט געמאַכט אַ געטאָ מיט אַ דיעטאָ 'ר האָט געמאַכט אַ געטאָ מיט אַ מעטאָ און ער שרײַט אז ער איז גערעכט! |
[2] The cemetery
[3] Here is a comparison between Rumkowski and Moses, like Moses Rumkowski gave food to his people, but Israel people in the desert did not died by starvation
[4] Weitzmann was a Sionist leader
[5] the Jewish word shiraym refers to the part of the meaning that a Hassidic Rebbe leader to his followers
[6] horsemeat is not kosher. Probably people goes to hell or by starvation or by eating something forbidden (here is a contrast between religion prescriptions and body's necessity)
[7] not the traditional 120 (meaveesrim), maybe it is like to tell him to die as soon as possible