Kalte nakht a nepldike finster umetum
Shteyt a yingele fartroyert un kukt zikh arum
Fun regn sh*tst I'm nor a vant
A koshikl halt er in hant
Un zayne oygn betn yedn shtum
Ikh hob shoyn nit keyn koyekh mer
Arumtsugeyn in gaz, hungerig un
Opgerizn fun dem regn naz
Ikh shlep arum zikh fun baginen
Keyner git nisht tsu fardinen
Ale lakhn, makhn fun mir shpaz
Mayn tate in milkhome hot farloyrn zayne hent
Mayn mame hot di tsores mer oyshaltn nisht gekent
Yung in keyver zi getribn
Bin ikh oyf der velt farblibn
Ungliklekh un elnt vi a shteyn
Breklekh klayb ikh oyf tsum ezn
Oyf dem kaltn mark
A harte bank iz mayn geleger in dem kaltn park
In dertsu di politziantn, shlog mikh shvern kantn
Zhelft nit mayn betn, mayn geveyn
Kupitye koyft she, koyft she papirosn
Trukene fun regn nisht fargozn
Koyft she bilik benemones
Koyft un hot oyf mir rakhmones
Ratevet fun hunger mikh atsind
Kupitye koyft she shvebelakh antikn
Dermit verd ir a yosiml derkvikn
Umzizt mayn shrayen un mayn loyfn
Keyner vil bay mir nit koyfn
Oysgeyn vel ikh muzn vi a hunt
Ikh hob gehat a shvesterl, a kind fun der natur
Mit mir tsusamen zikh geshlept hot zi a gants yor
Mit ir geven iz mir fil gringer, laykhter vern flegt
Der hunger, ven ikh fleg a kuk ton nor oyf ir
Mit amol gevorn iz zi shvakh un zeyer krank
Oyf mayne hent iz zi geshtorbn oyf a gazn-bank
Un az ikh hob zi farloyrn, hob ikh alts ongevoyrn
Zol der toyt shoyn kumen oykh tsu mir
Kupitye koyft she, koyft she papirosn
Trukene fun regn nisht fargozn
Koyft she bilik benemones
Koyft un hot oyf mir rakhmones
Ratevet fun hunger mikh atsind
Kupitye koyft she shvebelakh antikn
Dermit verd ir a yosiml derkvikn
Umzizt mayn shrayen un mayn loyfn
Keyner vil bay mir nit koyfn
Oysgeyn vel ikh muzn vi a hunt