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ARBETLOZER MARSCH - March of the Unemployed - M. Gebirtig

TRANSLITERATION

Eyns, tsvey, dray, fir,
arbetloze zenen mir,
nicht gehert khadoschim lang,
in fabrik den hamer-klang,
s’ lign keylim kalt, fargesn,
s’ nemt der javer zey schon fresn,
geyen mir arum in gas,
vi di gevirim pust-un-pas.

Eyns, tsvey, dray, fir,
arbetloze zenen mir,
on a beged, on a heym,
undzer bet is erd und leym,
hot nokh ver vos tsu genisn,
taylt men zikh mit yedn bisn,
vasser vi di gvirim
vayn gisn mir in zikh arayn.

Eyns, tsvey, dray, fir,
arbetloze zenen mir,
yorn lang gearbet shver,
un geshaft alts mer un mer,
hayser, schleser, shtet un lender,
far a hoyfele farshvender.
Undzer loyn derfar is vos?
Hunger, noyt un arbetlos.

Eyns, tsvey, dray, fir,
Ot azoy marshirn mir,
arbetloze, trit nokh trit,
un mir zingn zikh a lid
fun a land, a velt a naye,
vu es lebn mentschn fraye,
Arbetloze is keyn shum hant,
in dem nayen frayen land.

TRANSLATION ( http://yidlid.org/chansons/arbetloze/index.html includes translations to both French and English)

One two three four,
We are the unemployed
It is months since we have heard
The sounds of tools in the factory.
They lie cold and forgotten
The rust eats them alive
So we walk the streets like the rich -
Doing nothing.

One two three four,
We are the unemployed
Without clothes, without home
Our bed consist of soil
If someone has a meal
We do share everything.
We drink water like the
rich drink wine.

One two three four,
We are the unemployed
For years we have worked so hard!
Created more and more
Houses, palaces, cities and countries
For a bunch of wastrels.
What is our rewrd for this?
Hunger, misery and unemployment.

One two three four,
So now we march
Unemployed, step by step
and sing our song,
The song of a new world
Where people are liberated
There is no unemployment
In this new and free country.