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Thispoem is written in "YIVO" standard Yiddish, in rhymes.
It'sabout
a beautiful dentist, Klara, in whom all men are in love, bothJews and Christians.
Feyvl, a young
man, falls deeply in lovewith her. But how should he approach her? He has really healthyteeth! He
decides, to visit her and tell her the truth. But beingthere, he suddenly doesn’t have the courage
anymore…
Well,he then fibs, that a tooth is hurting. Klara pulls the tooth out!
Feyvl'slove for her takes away the terrible pains ...
He,finally, do know, that he has to make sacrifices for his love!
Sohe goes to Klara week by week. And in the end, there is only onetooth left in the mouth.
Afterthe last tooth is pulled out, Feyvl does not know what to do.
Finallyhe overcomes his timidity.
Hefalls on his knees before Klara and confesses his love.
Butshe sadly answers: I also was in love with you; you were such anattractive
man!
But, how can I love a man without teeth?
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Di sheyne Klara hot nisht lang Geendikt far dentistin, Ir sheynkayt tsit, zi vert gelibt Fun yidn un fun kristn. II Oykh Feyvl iz farlibt in ir Azoy vi yeder eyner, Nor aftselokhes hot er gor Gezunte, feste tseyner III Er veys nisht vos a tsonshmerts iz, Er trogt zayn vey dem shvern In hartsn tif…un kumt tsu ir Un libe zikh derklern IV Er kumt arayn, zi fregt: A tson?... Tsemisht, dershrokn shveygt er; Er plyontert epes mit der tsung- Un oyf a bak-tson tsaygt er. V Zi reyst a bak-tson im aroys- Oy, shreklikhe yesurem! Dokh vert sayn tifer shmerts fervigt Fun vildn libes shturem A vokh fargeyt fun benkenish Iz Feyvl shier geshtorbn. Nu, brengt er itst dem libesgot An ander tson- a korbn… VI Un Klara vider reyst a tson Un hot gor keyn rakhmones Dokh Feyvl veys, az der vos libt, muz brengen fil korbones. VII Zint demols hot er yede vokh Gebrakht a korbn gern; Di frishe lekher in zayn moyl Alts mern zikh un mern. VIII Biz eynmol, Feyvl git a kuk In shpigl un s’vert klar im Bay Klaran zenen zayne tseyn Bay im in moyl-bloyz kvorim. IX Un ot iz shoyn der letster tog Fun letste tson- gekumen Er breyngt im tsu zayn Klara nun- Er vert aroysgenumen. X Keyn tson in moyl, dokh art im nisht Er darf den vemen beysn? Nor vi vet er tsu Klaran geyn Vos vet zi itster reysn? XI Er zukht an eytse zukht a plan Un kneytsht fartrakht dem shtern, biz endlikh makht er op bay zikh kh’vel ofn ir derklern- XII Az kh’lib zi mit mayn gantsn harts Un zol zi take visn. Gehat hob ikh gezunte tseyn Un zi hot zey gerisn. XIII Er shteyt far Klaran oyf di kni Zayn shmerts iz ungehoyer; Dokh zi!- zi lozt arop dem kop Un entfert im mit troyer: XIV Ikh amol, ikh hob dikh oykh gelibt, du binst geven a sheyner, dokh itst?...vi ken ikh libn dikh a yungn man on tseyner? Koniec Translated by Beate Schützmann-Krebs
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