Elie der shenker zitst in khalat
Language: Yiddish (יידיש)
Elie der shenker zitst in khalat di tokhter zayne, zi hot zikh geshmadt. Tsirele, feygl, kum zhe tsu mir, ikh vel dir gebn kleyder on a shir! Tsirele, feygl! Ikh vel dir gebn tsirung un nadan! Tsirele, feygl! Un zu der tsu a sheynem, a sheynem yunger man. Tsirele, feygl! Ikh darf nit dayne kleyder, ikh arf nit ayn nadan, ikh vil dokh nor dem pristav, dem pristav far a man! Tsirele, feygl! kum zhe tsu mir!
Text Authorship:
- from Volkslieder (Folksongs) , "Elie der shenker zitst in khalat", 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):
- [ None yet in the database ]
Settings in other languages, adaptations, or excerpts:
- Also set in Russian (Русский), a translation by S. Mar [an adaptation] ; composed by Dmitri Dmitriyevich Shostakovich.
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
This text was added to the website: 2003-11-02
Line count: 12
Word count: 77