Ikh hob mayn man genumen unter hant
Language: Yiddish (יידיש)
Ikh hob mayn man genumen unter hant, ikh shem zikh gor nit vos ikh bin shoyn alt. Gekumen in teater zaynen mir, un in parter zitst er ebn mir, a gvir! Gezesn zaynen mir bis shpet ba nakht, un ot azoy ba mir hob ikh getrakht: Oy, Sore, shusterke, velkh nakhes hob ikh do gehat af mayne alte yor, oy! Un ale zoln visn fun mayn glik vos mir gegebn hot di soviet vlast! Di zin mayne ale inzhenerrn zaynen zey! Di zun aleyn shaynt af unz hel azoy! Oy!
Authorship:
- from Volkslieder (Folksongs) , "Ikh hob mayn man genumen unter hant", Jewish folk poetry. [author's text checked 1 time 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):
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Settings in other languages, adaptations, or excerpts:
- Also set in Russian (Русский), a translation by Lev Dligach FRE ; composed by Dmitri Dmitriyevich Shostakovich.
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
This text was added to the website: 2003-11-02
Line count: 13
Word count: 90