Ir hot gevis, libe mentshn, gehert, Vos oyf dem ya-va-vam [yam] hot zikh farlofn: A 'merikaner shif hot zikh ibergekert Un file mentshn zenen dertrunken gevorn.
Oy, shtelts aykh for, libe mentshn, di kartine Vi groys s'iz geven gots tsorn Ven file vaser iz arayn in di mashinen, Un di 'lektere is farloshn gevorn.
Oy, khosn-kale zenen zikh gezesn in freydn, Zeyer freyd hot dok keyner nisht geshtert, Zey hobn geshrign: Liber got, vos tustu undz tsesheydn? Ober der liber got hot zikh tsu zey nisht tsugehert.