by B. Shafir
Translation by B. Semyonov
Af dem boydem shlaft der dakh
Language: Yiddish (יידיש)
Af dem boydem shlaft der dakh, tsu gedekt mit shindelekh, un in vigl ligt a kind naket, gor on vindelekh. Hop, hop, ot azoy, est di tsig fun dakh dem shtroy! Hop, hop, ot azoy, est di tsig fun dakh dem shtroy! Oy! Af dem boydem shteyt a vig, vigt zikh dort a shpin in ir, tsit fun mir dos khayes oys, in dem dales lost er mir. Hop, hop, ot azoy, est di tsig fun dakh dem shtroy! Hop, hop, ot azoy, est di tsig fun dakh dem shtroy! Oy! Af dem boydem shteyt a hon, un zayn kam iz fayer royt, zol mayn vayb khotsh far di kinder borgen ergets a shtik broyt! Hop, hop, ot azoy, est di tsig fun dakh dem shtroy! Hop, hop, ot azoy, est di tsig fun dakh dem shtroy! Oy!
Text Authorship:
- by B. Shafir , "Af dem boydem shlaft der dakh", 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 B. Semyonov FRE ; composed by Dmitri Dmitriyevich Shostakovich.
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This text was added to the website: 2003-11-02
Line count: 24
Word count: 138
Pesnya o nuzhde
Language: Russian (Русский) after the Yiddish (יידיש)
Our translations: FRE
Kry'sha spit na cherdake Pod solomoj sladkim snom. V koly'bel`ke spit ditya Bez pelyonok, nagishom. Gop, gop, vy'she! Est koza solomu s kry'shi. Gop, gop, vy'she! Est` koza solomu s kry'shi, oj! Koly'bel` na cherdake, Pauchok v nej tkyot bedu. Radost` moyu sosyot, Mne ostaviv lish` nuzhdu. Gop, gop, vy'she!... Petushok na cherdake, Yarko-krasny'j grebeshok. Oj, zhena zajmi dlya detok Xleba cherstvogo kusok. Gop, gop, vy'she!...
Note: input from a monograph by Prof. Joachim Braun.
Researcher for this page: John Burke
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Text Authorship:
Based on:
- a text in Yiddish (יידיש) by B. Shafir , "Af dem boydem shlaft der dakh", Jewish folk poetry.
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Dmitri Dmitriyevich Shostakovich (1906 - 1975), "Песня о нужде", op. 79 no. 7 (1948), first performed 1955 [ tenor and piano ], from Из Еврейской Народной Поэзии = Iz Jevrejskoj Narodnoj Po`ezii (From Jewish Folk Poetry), no. 7, note: orchestrated as op. 79a [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Chant de la pauvreté", copyright © 2008, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Researcher for this page: John Burke
This text was added to the website: 2003-11-02
Line count: 18
Word count: 66