Az ikh volt gehat dem keysers melukhe
Language: Yiddish (יידיש)
Az ikh volt gehat dem keysers melukhe, Volt dos gor nit zayn bay mir azoy groys nikhe, Vi du bist mir nikhe, mayn likht, mayn shayn! Az ikh derze dikh, meyn ikh — di gantse velt iz mayn! Shlof, mayn kind, zolst mir ruen un zayn gezunt! Der tate hot dos kind nit gelernt vos Got hot gebotn, Vet men im af yener velt brenen un brotn; Un du, mayn lib kind, mit dayn tsidkes zolst zikh mien, Dayn tatn fun gehenem aroystsutsien! Shlof, mayn kind, zolst mir ruen un zayn gezunt! Az ikh vel a mol darfn af yener velt geyn, Veln di tirn fun Gan-Eydn ofn shteyn. Du, mayn kind, zolst mir zayn a frumer un a guter, Vet men zogn af yener velt: Lozt arayn dem tsadeks muter! Shlof, mayn kind, zolst mir ruen un zayn gezunt!
Text Authorship:
- from Volkslieder (Folksongs) , "Az ikh volt gehat dem keysers melukhe" [author's text not yet checked 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):
- by Joel Engel (1868 - 1927), "Az ikh volt gehat dem keysers melukhe" [ chorus ], from Yidishe folkslider (1909), arr. Tyrone Landau [sung text checked 1 time]
Researcher for this page: Joost van der Linden [Guest Editor]
This text was added to the website: 2023-03-18
Line count: 15
Word count: 140