—Klip-klap! Efn mir! Shlofstu, to zog zhe mir! —Shlofn shlof ikh afile nit, Nor efenen vel ikh avade nit! —Klip-klap in goldn tir, Mayne libe, efn mir! —Klapn, klapn zolstu nit, Efenen vel ikh dir nit! —Sara vint es vey’t, sara regn es geyt, Kh’vel aynnetsn mayn zaydn kleyd! —Dos zaydene kleyd vestu ufheybn, Untern beymele avekleygn. —Mit vos zol ikh zikh tsudekn? Un ver vet mikh dokh ufvekn? —Dos beymele vet dikh tsudekn, Dos feygele vet dikh ufvekn.
Yidishe folkslider (2012)
Song Cycle by Joel Engel (1868 - 1927)
Klip‑klap!
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Set by by Joel Engel (1868 - 1927), 1912 [ chorus ], arr. Tyrone LandauResearcher for this page: Joost van der Linden [Guest Editor]
Slushay!
Slushay! Ver i’ do? Ikh, nebekh, oremer shoymer! Farvoglt iz fun mir di nakht, Der shlof brekht mir mayne beyner. Tsi den bin ikh fun ayzn gemakht? Ale balebatim tuen in di betn lign Un farbrengen zikh in fargenign. Nor ikh bin eyner aleyn, Mayn kishn iz a shteyn! Slushay! Ver i’ do?
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Set by by Joel Engel (1868 - 1927) [ voice and piano ]Researcher for this page: Joost van der Linden [Guest Editor]
Er hot mir tsugezogt
Er hot mir tsugezogt, er hot mir tsugezogt, Er hot mir tsugezogt tsu nemen. Er geyt avek tsu an ander meydl, Tut mayn harts klemen. Shlof, mayn kind, shlof In dayn tayern shlof, Ven Got vet im batsoln far der falsher libe, Dos vet shoyn zayn zayn shtrof! S’iz gor nito keyn epele Vos zol nit zayn keyn vorem in derinen. S’i’ gor nito keyn mansparshoyn Vos zol nit hobn keyn falshn zinen. Shlof, mayn kind, shlof In dayn tayern shlof, Ven Got vet im batsoln far der falsher libe, Dos vet shoyn zayn zayn shtrof! Ikh hob zikh geneyt a kleydele Fun finf arshin di breyt. Keyn guts un keyn hob zoln zey nit hobn, Di, vos hobn undzer libe funandergesheydt! Shlof, mayn kind, shlof In dayn tayern shlof, Ven Got vet im batsoln far der falsher libe, Dos vet shoyn zayn zayn shtrof!
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- from Volkslieder (Folksongs) , "Er hot mir tsugezogt" [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):
Set by by Joel Engel (1868 - 1927) [ chorus ], arr. Tyrone LandauResearcher for this page: Joost van der Linden [Guest Editor]