Discovering and Delighting in the Lost Ark of Yiddish An ELI Talk by Miriam Udel
Than be always dry
And never taste the dew or warmth of sun
I'd rather die --
and just one
time at least renew,
delight myself with a drop of dew.
Translation by Curt Leviant, the Jewish Book of Fables
http://www.syracuseuniversitypress.syr.edu/2001/jewish-book.html