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Brezulinka: [Drei] Jiddische Lieder

Song Cycle by Viktor Ullmann (1898 - 1944)

1. Berjoskele
 (Sung text)

Language: Yiddish (יידיש) 
Ruik, ruik, shokelt ir geloktes grines kep!
mayn vaysinke Beryozkele un davent on a shir;
yedes, yedes, bletele irs sheptshet shtil a tfile.
Zay shyn, kleyn Beryozkele, mispael oykh far mir.

Fun vaytn mayrev hot zikh troyerik farganvet
in di dine tsvaygelekh a rozer tsarter shtral;
un a shtiln kush getun  di bletelekh, di kleyne,
velkhe hobn dremlendik gehorkht dem nakhtigal.

Fun di vayte felder iz a vintele gekumen
un dertseylt di bletlekh legendes on a shir,
epes hot in hartsn tif bay mir genumen benkn.
Zay shoyn, klein Beryozkele, mispalel oykh far mir.

Text Authorship:

  • by David Einhorn

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Researcher for this page: Ferdinando Albeggiani

2. Margaritkelech
 (Sung text)

Language: Yiddish (יידיש) 
In veldl, baym taykhl,
dort zenen gevaksn
Margaritkelech eylent un kleyn,
vi kleyninke zunen mit vaysinke shtralen,
mit vaysinke tralalala.

Gegangen iz Khavele
shtil un farkholemt
culozn di goldblonde cep,
dos heldz'l antbloyzt un gemurm'lt, gezungen,
a lidele tralalala.

Di zun is fargangen
der bokher farshvundn
un Khavele zits nokh in vald.
Zi kunt in der vayt un murml't farkholemt
Dos lidele tralalala.

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  • by Anonymous / Unidentified Author

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Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

3. A Mejdel in die Johren
 (Sung text)

Language: Yiddish (יידיש) 
Ikh bin sheyn Mejdel in die Johren,
vos hostu mir mayn kopf fardreyt?
Ikh volt sheyn lang a kale gevor'n
Un efsher take khasene gehat.

Du host mir tsugezogt mikh nemen,
ikh hob oyf dir lang shoyn gevart;
far vos zolstu, dushenyu, mikh farshemen
tsi hostu dikh in mir genart?

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Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
Total word count: 207
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