Az ikh volt gehat ot dos vos ikh meyn
Language: Yiddish (יידיש)
Az ikh volt gehat ot dos vos ikh meyn, Volt ikh dokh gliklekh geven. Mir tut dokh mayn harts oysgeyn, Ven ikh tu dikh derzen. Akh, groyser Got, du veyst dokh alts, In mayn hartsn vemen ikh meyn. Un du veyst dokh dem, vos redt falsh, Farnem mayn groys geveyn. Akh, shik shoyn dayn malekh far a shadkhn Tsu ir tatn in shtub arayn. Er zol zayn aleyn der badkhn, Zi zol bay mir af eybik zayn.
Text Authorship:
- from Volkslieder (Folksongs) , "Az ikh volt gehat ot dos vos ikh meyn" [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 ot dos vos ikh meyn", op. 27 no. 1 (1919) [ voice and piano ] [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
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