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from Volkslieder (Folksongs)

Shlof mayn kind, mayn kind, mayn sheyner
Language: Yiddish (יידיש) 
Shlof mayn kind, mayn kind, mayn sheyner,
shlof mayn zunenyu!
A Sibirnik iz dayn tate,
shlof lyu-lyu-lyu...

Bai dayn vigl zitst dayn mame,
zingt a lid un veint,
du vest dos farshteyn mistome
vos zi hot gemeynt!

Vayt iz in Sibir dayn tate,
shlof mayn zunenyu!
Du bist yung nokh, shlof leysate,
ay, lyu-lyu-lyu...

Mayne tzores zaynen azoy groys,
shlof mayn zunenyu!
Shlof main zun, main kind, main voyles,
lyu-lyu-lyu...

Text Authorship:

  • from Volkslieder (Folksongs) , "Shlof mayn kind, mayn kind, mayn sheyner", 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 V. Zvyagintseva FRE ; composed by Dmitri Dmitriyevich Shostakovich.
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This text was added to the website: 2003-11-02
Line count: 16
Word count: 70

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