© by Leibu Levin (1914 - 1983)
Translation © by Hadassah Haskale

Shloflid
Language: Yiddish (יידיש)  after the German (Deutsch) 
Our translations:  ENG
Shlof, mayn kind, nekhome mayne,
shlof shoyn ayn, genug dir veynen.
Farshteyst, in shlof iz di velt dokh dayne,
iz vos zhe darfstu veynen?

Farmakh di eygelekh un shlof khotsh tsu zet,
her, vi es roysht der vald!
In shlof iz nishto keyn has, keyn geshpet,
in shlof vet dir zayn oykh nisht kalt.

Shlof, mayn tayers, un shmeykhl, mayn kind,
der taykh vet dir zingen zayn lid.
Shlof ayn, vet dir zingen fun glik der vint,
fun sheynem friling vos blit.

Shlof ayn, mayn gold, un farges vos dikh shmartst,
vi trib s'iz far dir der tog.
Di nakht iz likhtik, ven der kholem dikh hartst --
to shlof, mayn lebn, shlof.

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  • ENG English (Hadassah Haskale) , title 1: "Lullaby", copyright © 2007, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


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This text was added to the website: 2007-09-22
Line count: 16
Word count: 112

Lullaby
Language: English  after the Yiddish (יידיש) 
Sleep my child, my comfort mine,
Sleep, and be done with your crying.
You see, in sleep all the world is yours,
So what's the sense in crying?

Shut your eyes tight and at least sleep well,
Hear how the woods blow wild!
In sleep no hatred, no insult you'll get,
In sleep you're not feeling the cold.

Sleep, my dear one, and smile meanwhile, child,
The river will sing you a song.
Sleep on, as the wind will be singing of joy,
Of lovely spring that's in bloom.  

Sleep on, my gold, and forget that which hurts,
Forget how gloomy's the day.
The night becomes bright when dreams take you up,
So sleep, my life, sleep away.

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  • Translation from Yiddish (יידיש) to English copyright © 2007 by Hadassah Haskale, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you must ask the copyright-holder(s) directly for permission. If you receive no response, you must consider it a refusal.

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  • a text in Yiddish (יידיש) by Leibu Levin (1914 - 1983), copyright © by Ruth Levin, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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This text was added to the website: 2007-09-21
Line count: 16
Word count: 118