Papusza / Bronislawa Wajs. Tears of Blood

Ratfale Jasfa (Romani: ‘Tears of Blood’) is a poem by the Romani poet Papusza (Bronislawa Wajs) who survived the German occupation and the Second World War in Volhynia, currently Ukraine. It is also the earliest known testimony by a Romani genocide survivor and a Romani woman. This book introduces the recently re-discovered manuscript which is three times longer than the previously known text. The volume includes a transcript of the poem in Romani, a translation into English, extensive historical-philological commentaries, alongside stand-alone chapters on the poet, manuscript and the historical context.