Af a lonke ba dem veldl
Language: Yiddish (יידיש)
Af a lonke ba dem veldl, vos shteyt shtendik vi fartrakht, pashen mir kolvirtshe stades fun fri bis in der nakht. Af a bergl sits ikh mir do mit mayn fayfele in hant, un ken zich nit sat onkukn af di sheynkayt fun mayn land. Af di beymer grinen tsvaign, okh, vi zaynen zei dokh sheyn! Af di felder bliyen zangen, zaynen ful mit khen. Oy, oy, oy! Oy lyu-lyu-lyu... Git a tsveigl mir a shmeykhl un a zangele a wunk, es tserflakhert zikh in hartsn fraydgefiln vi a funk. Kum, mayn fayfele, getraye, shpiln, singen velen mir un oysgisn af der lonke mayne fraydgefiln mit dir. Zolst nit mer yomern, fayfl! Zolst nit veynen vi amol, freilekh zoln dayne tener trogn zikh af berg un tol. Oy, oy, oy! Oy lyu-lyu-lyu... Ikh ken do in kolvirt gliklekh zayn, gliklekh, gliklekh on a shir! Freilekh, freilekh, fayfl, freilekh zolst itst zikh shpiln mir!
Text Authorship:
- from Volkslieder (Folksongs) , "Af a lonke ba dem veldl", Jewish folk poetry. [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
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Settings in other languages, adaptations, or excerpts:
- Also set in Russian (Русский), a translation by Semyon Olender (1907 - 1969) 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: 32
Word count: 153