Erinnerung an sie

Haynt tor men nit lakhn, haynt tor men nit shpiln;
Haynt darf men umgeyn in umet, in shtiln.
Haynt tsindt men likht in troyer, in midn,
Haynt zogt men kadish nokh zeks milyon yidn. } 2x

Vi tishe-bov in aveyles un benken,
Muzn mir ale dem tog gedenken,
Farkritsn durkh doyres in tif fun zikorn
Dem khurbn, dem groysn, fun undzere yorn. } 2x

Haynt tor men nit lakhn, haynt tor men nit shpiln;
Haynt zogt men kadish nokh zeks milyon yidn.

One mustn’t laugh today, one mustn’t play today.
Today one must go about in quiet sadness.
Today one lights candles in grief, in weariness.
Today Kaddish is recited for six million Jews.

Like Tisha B’Av, in mourning and yearning,
We must all remember this day,
Etching it into deepest memory throughout the generations:
The Holocaust, the great tragedy of our age.

One mustn’t laugh today, one mustn’t play today.
Today one must go about in quiet sadness.