Oy, Avrom, ich ken on dir nit zayn!
Language: Yiddish (יידיש)
Oy, Avrom, ich ken on dir nit zayn! Ich on dir, du on mir, kenen nit beyde zayn! Gedenkstu, gedenkstu, dort bai dem toyer, Host du gezogt a soyd mir in oyer. Oy, oy, Rivkenyu, gib zhe mir dayn piskenyu! Oy, Avrom, ich ken on dir nit zayn! Ich on dir, du on mir, a kliamke on a tir! Gedenkstu, gedenkstu, mit dir baym bulevar, ich bin der kluger un du der nar. Oy, vey, Rivkenyu, gib zhe mir dayn piskenyu! Oy, Avrom, ich ken on dir nit zayn! Ich on dir, du on mir, kenen nit beyde zayn! Gedenkstu, gedenkstu, dos royte kleydl? Oy, vi bin ikh a zise maydl! Oy, Avrom! Oy, Avrom! Oy, oy, Rivkenyu, gib zhe mir dayn piskenyu!
Authorship:
- from Volkslieder (Folksongs) , "Oy, Avrom, ich ken on dir nit zayn!", Jewish folk poetry.  [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- [ None yet in the database ]
Settings in other languages, adaptations, or excerpts:
- Also set in Russian (Русский), a translation by Andrey Pavlovich Globa (1888 - 1964) [an adaptation] FRE ; composed by Dmitri Dmitriyevich Shostakovich.
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
This text was added to the website: 2003-11-02
Line count: 19
Word count: 123