Плач об умершем младенце | Солнце и дождик

Translation by Tatyana Aleksandrovna Spendiarova (1901 - 1990)

Zun mit a regn

Language: Yiddish (יידיש)

Zun mit a regn,
di kale gelegn,
der khossn gekumen,
di kale farshvumn.

Zog, ve-men hot zi gehat?
A yingl, a yingl.
Vi hot es geheysen?
Moyshele, Moyshele.
Gevigt vu hot men Moyshele?
In vigl.
Vos hot er gezoigt?
Broyt mit a tsibl.
Vu iz er bagrobn?
In a gribele!
Oy, ingl in gribl, in gribl,
Moyshele, in gribl, Oy!

Text Authorship:

from Volkslieder (Folksongs) , "Zun mit a regn", Jewish folk poetry. [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]

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Also set in Russian (Русский), a translation by Tatyana Aleksandrovna Spendiarova (1901 - 1990) FRE ; composed by Dmitri Dmitriyevich Shostakovich.

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This text was added to the website: 2003-11-02
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Word count: 60

Плач об умершем младенце

Language: Russian (Русский) after the Yiddish (יידיש)

Our translations: FRE

Солнце и дождик,
Сиянье и мгла.
Туман опустился,
Померкла луна.

Кого родила она?
Мальчика, мальчика.
А как назвали?
Мойшелэ, Мойшелэ.
А в чём качали Мойшелэ?
В люльке.
А чем кормили?
Хлебом да луком.
А где схоронили?
В могиле.
Ой, мальчик в могиле, в могиле!
Мойшелэ, в могиле, ой!

Note: input from a monograph by Prof. Joachim Braun

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Text Authorship:

by Tatyana Aleksandrovna Spendiarova (1901 - 1990) [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]

Based on:

a text in Yiddish (יידיש) from Volkslieder (Folksongs) , "Zun mit a regn", Jewish folk poetry.
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Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):

by Dmitri Dmitriyevich Shostakovich (1906 - 1975), "Плач об умершем младенце", op. 79 no. 1 (1948), first performed 1955 [ duet for soprano and alto with piano ], from Из Еврейской Народной Поэзии = Iz Jevrejskoj Narodnoj Po`ezii (From Jewish Folk Poetry), no. 1, note: orchestrated as op. 79a [sung text checked 1 time]

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Researcher for this page: John Burke

This text was added to the website: 2003-11-02
Line count: 16
Word count: 48