Aušvicate hi kher baro
In Auschwitz there is a big house [prison].
In Auschwitz there is a big house [prison],
Where my husband sits,
He sits and sits and thinks,
Oh, he forgets me.
From Russia the wind blows,
My husband says goodbye,
He leaves, he leaves sadness [a heaviness],
He says goodbye, stay with God.
O black bird, carry my letter,
Carry it, carry it to my wife.
I am a prisoner in Auschwitz.
In Auschwitz there is great hunger,
There is nothing for us to eat,
Not even a piece of bread.
The block elder [warden] is evil.
He beats us every day
And forces us to work.
When he wants, he lets the person go home.
He says to her, lie down.
In the other version, the last verse changes to:
When I go home
I will kill the block elder.
When I go home
I will kill the block elder.