by Shmuel Zalmanovich Halkin (1897 - 1960)

Tayere mayne
Language: Yiddish (יידיש) 
Tayere mayne,
hartsike mayne --
ot, vi du zest, gey ikh um un ikh tayne:
tayere mayne,
hartsike mayne.
Nit shoyn zhe a sof iz? Nit shoyn zhe farendikt?
Nit shoyn zhe oyf keyn mol shoyn merer nit zen dikh?
Dikh un di sheynkeytn, reynkeytn dayne?
Tayere mayne,
hartsike mayne.
Un efsher vest kumen, bavayzn zikh vider?
vest kumen in blits un in hits fun di lider,
lider, vos zenen mer dayne vi mayne,
tayere mayne,
hartsike mayne.
Ot vi du zest, gey ikh um un ikh tayne:
tayere mayne! Hartsike mayne.

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Researcher for this text: Ferdinando Albeggiani

This text was added to the website: 2008-07-17
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Word count: 91