New Translation: “Monolog in Pleynem Yidish”

We can learn a great deal about Aaron Zeitlin’s Monolog in Pleynem Yidish מאָנאָלאָג אין פּלעינעם יידיש just from the title. Another method is to distinguish between the English and Yiddish texts through formatting, such as italicizing instances of English; This method was used by Zeke Levine and Raphi Halff in their translation of Zeitlin’s Monolog in Pleynem Yidish. Monolog af Pleynem EnglishBy Aaron ZeitlinTranslated into English by Andy RoshalSure, I’m Polish too, Mr. Zeitlin,Mind you, when I left Warsaw. Sure, back when we were green, as they say, wespoke differently,But now —We speak a plain Yiddish and a plain English. “Monologue in Plain Yiddish.” Translated by Zeke Levine and Raphi Halff, The Online Treasury of Yiddish Poetry, lider.yiddish.nu/poem.php?poem=aaron_zeitlin_0.