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

Translation by B. Semyonov

Es ligt in bet Sheyndl, mayn Sheyndl

Language: Yiddish (יידיש)

Es ligt in bet Sheyndl, mayn Sheyndl,
mit ir oikh tsuzamen dos kind,
in shtub iz nito keyn eyn shpendl,
in fenster dort blozt zikh der vint.
Aaaah...

Der vinter, der vinter iz do shoyn,
shrayt kinder, keyn koyekh s'nito!
Oy, shrayt zhe, Oy, shrayt zhe,
ir kinder, der vinter, er iz viderdo,
Aaaah...

Authorship

from Volkslieder (Folksongs) , "Es ligt in bet Sheyndl, mayn Sheyndl", 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 B. Semyonov FRE ; composed by Dmitri Dmitriyevich Shostakovich.

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This text was added to the website: 2003-11-02
Line count: 10
Word count: 54

Zima

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

Available translation(s): FRE

Lezhit moja Shejndl v krovati,
I s neju rebjonok bol'noj.
Ni shchepki v netoplenoj khate,
A veter gudit za stenoj.

A....

Vernulis' i stuzha, i veter,
Net sily terpet' i molchat'.
Krichite zhe, plach'te zhe, deti,
Zima vorotilas' opjat'.

A....

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

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Authorship

by B. Semyonov [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]

Based on

a text in Yiddish (יידיש) from Volkslieder (Folksongs) , "Es ligt in bet Sheyndl, mayn Sheyndl", Jewish folk poetry.

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by Dmitri Dmitriyevich Shostakovich (1906 - 1975), "Зима", op. 79 no. 8 (1948), first performed 1955 [vocal trio for tenor, soprano, and alto with piano], from Из Еврейской Народной Поэзии = Iz Jevrejskoj Narodnoj Po`ezii (From Jewish Folk Poetry), no. 8, 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: 10
Word count: 40