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by David Einhorn

Berjoskele
Language: Yiddish (יידיש) 
Ruik, ruik, shokelt ir geloktes grines kep!
mayn vaysinke Beryozkele un davent on a shir;
yedes, yedes, bletele irs sheptshet shtil a tfile.
Zay shyn, kleyn Beryozkele, mispael oykh far mir.

Fun vaytn mayrev hot zikh troyerik farganvet
in di dine tsvaygelekh a rozer tsarter shtral;
un a shtiln kush getun  di bletelekh, di kleyne,
velkhe hobn dremlendik gehorkht dem nakhtigal.

Fun di vayte felder iz a vintele gekumen
un dertseylt di bletlekh legendes on a shir,
epes hot in hartsn tif bay mir genumen benkn.
Zay shoyn, klein Beryozkele, mispalel oykh far mir.

Text Authorship:

  • by David Einhorn  [author's text not yet checked 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):

  • by Viktor Ullmann (1898 - 1944), "Berjoskele", op. 53 no. 1 (1944) [voice and piano], from Brezulinka: [Drei] Jiddische Lieder, no. 1. [
     text verified 1 time
    ]

Researcher for this page: Ferdinando Albeggiani

This text was added to the website: 2011-09-09
Line count: 12
Word count: 94

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