by Heinrich Heine (1797 - 1856)
Translation by Leonard J[ordan] Lehrman (b. 1949)
We Jews
Language: English after the German (Deutsch)
We Jews divide into groups once more and separate into minyans In every temple and synagogue: Two Jews, three pulpits, four opinions. The young eat pork and tolerate all kinds of hanky-panky. They're democratic. The elder are rather more aristocranky.
Text Authorship:
- by Leonard J[ordan] Lehrman (b. 1949), after stanzas 15-16 [an adaptation] [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by Heinrich Heine (1797 - 1856), no title, appears in Deutschland. Ein Wintermärchen, no. 22
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Leonard J[ordan] Lehrman (b. 1949), "We Jews", op. 72 no. 9, published 1984 [male voice and piano], from Ein Wanderer durch Deutschland, nach Heines Wintermärchen (A Wanderer through DEUTSCHLAND after Heine's Wintermärchen), no. 9 [ sung text checked 1 time]
Researcher for this page: Leonard Lehrman
This text was added to the website: 2010-09-13
Line count: 8
Word count: 40