News
Who has not read in the papers
Of the well-known city Bialystok
Of the tragedy that
befell it.
in a matter of three days.
Suddenly someone cried out
“Beat the
Jews as much as you can!”
Stones thrown at windows started flying
A pogrom erupted in one
moment.
Blood already flows in all the streets
And is spurting already
on the walls.
Jews were killed and beaten
With their blood the walls were painted.
There stands a bride on the hard stones
Dressed in her white bridal gown.
Next to her
stands a murderer
And he holds the knife ready in his hand.
There lies a woman,
young and beautiful
Abandoned, tortured, she lay on the garbage,
And next to her lies a small
child
She nurses it from her dead, cold breast.
As soon as they entered
the house
And they knew the people well,
Whatever was in the house they broke
The people’s
hands they cut off.
As soon as they came into the house
With noise and
violence
Whatever was in the house they broke;
Small children were thrown down from the third
floor.
Whoever was not at this tragedy
Did not see this great
anger.
People yelled “O woe is me”
Letting out a great cry.
When they brought
them to the hospital
No one could recognize them.
People cried out “Woe is me”
And wrung
their hands .
Oy God [recording ends here but should continue with…]
Oy God you are good
why don’t you look down from heaven?
How we suffer hard and
bitter
[alternate line: “Look upon this Jewish chaos”
Why your Jews are so punished.