זאָג ניט קײן מאָל | Partisaner Lid (the Partisan Song), by Hirsh Glik (Vilna Ghetto, 1943)

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Source (Yiddish)	Translation (Ukrainian)	Translation (English )
זאָג ניט קײן מאָל, אַז דו גײסט דעם לעצטן װעג, כאָטש הימלען בלײַענע פֿאַרשטעלן בלױע טעג. קומען װעט נאָך אונדזער אױסגעבענקטע שעה – ס׳װעט אַ פּױק טאָן אונדזער טראָט: מיר זײַנען דאָ!	Не кажи ніколи “йду в останню путь”, Хай навіть хмари закривають днів блакить. Прийде мить, яку чекали ми давно Прокрокуємо слова “ми живемо”!	Never say this is the final road for you, though leadened skies may cover over days of blue. As the hour that we longed for is so near, our step beats out the message: we are here!
פֿון גרינעם פּאַלמענלאַנד ביז װײַסן לאַנד פֿון שנײ, מיר קומען אָן מיט אונדזער פּײַן, מיט אונדזער װײ, און װוּ געפֿאַלן ס׳איז אַ שפּריץ פֿון אונדזער בלוט, שפּראָצן װעט דאָרט אונדזער גבֿורה, אונדזער מוט!	Від краю пальм і до засніжених країв Ми пронесемо наше горе, біль і гнів. Там де краплина крові нашої впаде, Лише рішучість й наша мужність там зросте.	From lands so green with palms to lands all white with snow. We shall be coming with our anguish and our woe, and where a spurt of our blood fell on the earth, there are courage and our spirit have rebirth!
ס׳װעט די מאָרגנזון באַגילדן אונדז דעם הײַנט, און דער נעכט װעט פֿאַרשװינדן מיט דעם פֿײַנט, נאָר אױב פֿאַרזאַמען װעט די זון אין דער קאַיאָר – װי אַ פּאַראָל זאָל גײן דאָס ליד פֿון דור צו דור.	День сьогоднішній розсіє ночі морок В дні вчорашньому лишиться тьма і ворог, А як затримає схід сонця небокрай Цю пісню як пароль нащадкам заспівай.	The early morning sun will brighten our day, and yesterday with our foe will fade away, but if the sun delays and in the east remains – this song as password generations must remain.
דאָס ליד געשריבן איז מיט בלוט, און ניט מיט בלײַ, ס׳איז ניט קײן לידל פֿון אַ פֿױגל אױף דער פֿרײַ, דאָס האָט אַ פֿאָלק צװישן פֿאַלנדיקע װענט דאָס ליד געזונגען מיט נאַגאַנעס אין די הענט.	Ця пісня складена не олівцем, а кров’ю Не про пташину пісня ця і не про волю. Серед палаючих руїн, відкинув страх, Народ співав її з наганами в руках.	This song was written with our blood and not with lead, it’s not a little tune that birds sing overhead, this song a people sang amid collapsing walls, with pistols in hand they heeded to the call.
טאָ זאָג ניט קײן מאָל, אַז דו גײסט דעם לעצטן װעג, כאָטש הימלען בלײַענע פֿאַרשטעלן בלױע טעג. קומען װעט נאָך אונדזער אױסגעבענקטע שעה – ס׳װעט אַ פּױק טאָן אונדזער טראָט: מיר זײַנען דאָ!	Тож не кажи ніколи “йду в останню путь”, Хай навіть хмари закривають днів блакить. Прийде ще чекана нами мить давно Прокрокуємо слова “ми живемо”! Прокрокуємо слова “мір зайнен до”!	So, never say the road now ends for you, though leadened skies may cover over days of blue. As the hour that we longed for is so near, our step beats out the message: we are here!

The Yiddish resistance song, “Partisaner Lid” (The Partisan Song) was composed by Hirsh Glik (1922-1944) in the Vilna Ghetto in 1943. This song is included in “A Ḥanukkah Madrikh!” (2011) by Noam Lerman & Aharon Varady. Ukrainian translation added in February 2022 by comYakowenko.

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comYakowenko (translation)

comYakowenko is a Yiddishist in Kyiv, Ukraine.

Noam Lerman (translation)

Noam Lerman is a rabbinical student at Hebrew College.

Aharon N. Varady (editing/transcription)

Aharon Varady (M.A.J.Ed./JTSA Davidson) is a volunteer transcriber for the Open Siddur Project. If you find any mistakes in his transcriptions, please let him know. Shgiyot mi yavin; Ministarot naqeni שְׁגִיאוֹת מִי־יָבִין; מִנִּסְתָּרוֹת נַקֵּנִי "Who can know all one's flaws? From hidden errors, correct me" (Psalms 19:13). If you'd like to directly support his work, please consider donating via his Patreon account. (Varady also translates prayers and contributes his own original work besides serving as the primary shammes of the Open Siddur Project and its website, opensiddur.org.)

Hirsh Glik

Glick was born in Wilno in 1922 (at the time a part of inter-war Poland). He began to write Yiddish poetry in his teens and became co-founder of Yungvald (Young Forest), a group of young Jewish poets. After the German assault on Soviet Union in 1941, Hirsh Glick was imprisoned in the Weiße Wache concentration camp and later transferred to Vilna Ghetto. Glick involved himself in the ghetto's artistic community while simultaneously participating in the underground and took part in the 1942 ghetto uprising. In 1943 he wrote his most famous work, the song Zog nit keynmol, az du geyst dem letstn veg (זאג ניט קיינמאל, אז דו גייסט דעם לעצטן וועג) to the music of the soviet composer Dmitry Pokrass (1899-1978), which became the anthem of the Jewish partisan movement, and Shtil, di nakht iz oysgeshternt. He was inspired to write this work by news that arrived of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising.Glick managed to flee when the ghetto was being liquidated in October 1943, but was re-captured. He was later deported to a concentration camp in Estonia. During his captivity he continued to compose songs and poems. In July 1944, with the Soviet Army approaching, Glick escaped. He was never heard from again, and was presumed captured and executed by the Germans (reportedly in August 1944). (via his article in wikipedia)

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