—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.