by Judah Ha-Levy (1075 - 1141)
Translation by Hayim Nahman Bialik (1873 - 1934)

Language: Yiddish (יידיש)  after the Hebrew (עברית) 
Kh'hob fargesn fargesn ale libste,
Kh'hob farlozt mayn eygn hoyz; 
Kh'hob dem yam zikh opgegebn; 
Trog mikh, yam, tsum muters shoys.

Un du, mayrev-vint getrayer, 
Trayb mayn shif tsu yenem breg,
Vos mayn harts mit odler-fligl
Zukht shoyn lang tsu im a veg.

Breng mikh nor ahin besholem, --
Nokh dem fli zikh dir tsurik, 
Grisn zolstu ale libste
Un dertseyl zey fun mayn glik.

Composition:

    Set to music by Jef Hamburg (b. 1956), "Yam-lid", 1994, from Zey, no. 3

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