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On the Golden Bridge (Nokhum Bomze)

On the golden bridge of sunset
I stride in dream to the horizon
In the white flight of the sea gulls
I recognized my life

Here high on the coast
On a ------ rock (stone)
I sit alone

Ships sail away from port
the ships will come back to this place
But I with my Yiddish word
I stride on the golden bridge
of sundown
with sadness and regret
Oh God
In the gaudy play of colors
I heard the whisper of death.

Yiddish to English translation by Dr. Sarah Moskovitz

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On the Golden Bridge