Колыбельная (Zvyagintseva, set by (Dmitri Dmitriyevich Shostakovich)) (The LiederNet Archive: Texts and Translations to Lieder, mélodies, canzoni, and other classical vocal music)

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...

Authorship

from Volkslieder (Folksongs) , "Shlof mayn kind, mayn kind, mayn sheyner", Jewish folk poetry. [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]

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Also set in Russian (Русский), a translation by V. Zvyagintseva 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: 16
Word count: 70

Kolybel'naja

Language: Russian (Русский) after the Yiddish (יידיש)

Available translation(s): FRE

Moj synok vsekh krashe v mire -
Ogonjok vo t'me.
Tvoj otec v cepjakh v Sibiri,
Derzhit car' jego v tjur'me!
Spi, lju-lju, lju-lju!

Kolybel' tvoju kachaja,
Mama sljozy l'jot.
Sam pojmjosh' ty podrastaja,
Chto jej serdce zhzhjot.

Tvoj otec v Sibiri dal'nej,
Ja nuzhdu terplju.
Spi pokuda bespechal'no, a,
Lju-lju, lju-lju, lju-lju!

Skorb' moja cherneje nochi,
Spi, a ja ne splju.
Spi, khoroshij, spi, synochek, spi,
Lju-lju, lju-lju, lju-lju.

Note: input from a monograph by Prof. Joachim Braun.

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Authorship

by V. Zvyagintseva [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]

Based on

a text in Yiddish (יידיש) from Volkslieder (Folksongs) , "Shlof mayn kind, mayn kind, mayn sheyner", Jewish folk poetry.

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by Dmitri Dmitriyevich Shostakovich (1906 - 1975), "Колыбельная", op. 79 no. 3 (1948), first performed 1955 [alto and piano], from Из Еврейской Народной Поэзии = Iz Jevrejskoj Narodnoj Po`ezii (From Jewish Folk Poetry), no. 3, note: orchestrated as op. 79a [ sung text verified 1 time]

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Researcher for this text: John Burke

This text was added to the website: 2003-11-02
Line count: 17
Word count: 70