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Translation © by Laura Prichard

Frägt die Velt

Language: Yiddish (יידיש)

Our translations: ENG

Frägt die Velt die alte Kashe¹
Tra la la la ...
Entfernt men
Tra la la la ...
Un as men will kenne sagen
Tra la la la ...
Frägt die Velt die alte Kashe
Tra la la la ...

Note: sometimes transliterated "Cashe"

Text Authorship:

by Anonymous / Unidentified Author [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 Maurice Ravel (1875 - 1937), "Frägt die Velt", 1914 [ voice and piano ], from Deux mélodies hébraïques, no. 2, also set in French (Français) [sung text checked 1 time]

Settings in other languages, adaptations, or excerpts:

Also set in French (Français), a translation by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist ; composed by Maurice Ravel.

Other available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

ENG English (Laura Prichard) , "If the world asks the old question", copyright © 2013, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Researcher for this page: Ferdinando Albeggiani

This text was added to the website: 2009-02-03
Line count: 8
Word count: 37

If the world asks the old question

Language: English after the Yiddish (יידיש)

If the world asks the old question
Tra la tra la la la la ...
One answers:
Tra la la la la la la ... 
And if one wishes, [one] can say
Tra la la la tra la la la 
If the world asks the old question
Tra la la la la la la...

Text Authorship:

Translation from Yiddish (יידיש) to English copyright © 2013 by Laura Prichard, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you may ask the copyright-holder(s) directly or ask us; we are authorized to grant permission on their behalf. Please provide the translator's name when contacting us.
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Based on:

a text in Yiddish (יידיש) by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist
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This text was added to the website: 2013-06-10
Line count: 8
Word count: 52