In zaltsikn yam fun di mentshlekhe trern
Gefint zikh a shreklekher thom,
Er ken shoyn nit tifer, nit fintsterer vern,
Im tseykhnt a blutiker shtrom.

Dem thom hobn toyznter yorn gegrobn
Emune in sine un payn,
Un toyznter yorn, alts tropn nokh tropn
Es gisn zikh trern arayn.

Der arbeter ver vet endlekh derleyzn
Fun hunger un eybiker layd ?
Un ver vet dem veg im tsu frayhayt bavayzn
Tsu [bad word]  glaykhkayt un freyd ?

Der arbeter vet di velt i bafrayen i heyln,
Er vet dergreykhn dem thom bizn [bad word] 
Zol leben [bad word]  fun Lite un Poyln,
Der Yidisher Arbeter Bund.

English:

In the salty sea of human tears
One hears a painful frightening scream
For one beholds years after years
That life’s an endless blood-soaked stream