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by Anonymous / Unidentified Author

A Mejdel in die Johren
 (Sung text for setting by V. Ullmann)
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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?

Composition:

    Set to music by Viktor Ullmann (1898 - 1944), "A Mejdel in die Johren", alternate title: "א מיידל אין די יארן", op. 53 no. 3 (1944) [ voice and piano ], from Brezulinka: [Drei] Jiddische Lieder , no. 3

Text Authorship:

  • by Anonymous / Unidentified Author

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This text was added to the website: 2019-11-27
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