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"text": "ער איז אַ פּאָעט, אַ דראַמאַטורג, אַ קאָמפּאָזיטאָר, אַ נישקשהדיקער זינגער — און פֿאָרט אין דער זעלבער צײַט אַ נעבעכדיקער שלימזל, אַזוי ווי טרײַנסטמאַנס העלד.\ner iz a poet, a dramaturg, a kompozitor, a nishkoshediker zinger — un fort in der zelber tsayt a nebekhdiker shlimazl, azoy vi traynstmans held.\nHe is a poet, a playwright, a composer, a not-so-bad singer – and then at the same time a miserable schlimazel, like Treinstman’s protagonist.",
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"text": "ער איז אַ פּאָעט, אַ דראַמאַטורג, אַ קאָמפּאָזיטאָר, אַ נישקשהדיקער זינגער — און פֿאָרט אין דער זעלבער צײַט אַ נעבעכדיקער שלימזל, אַזוי ווי טרײַנסטמאַנס העלד.\ner iz a poet, a dramaturg, a kompozitor, a nishkoshediker zinger — un fort in der zelber tsayt a nebekhdiker shlimazl, azoy vi traynstmans held.\nHe is a poet, a playwright, a composer, a not-so-bad singer – and then at the same time a miserable schlimazel, like Treinstman’s protagonist.",
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