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by Mani Leib (1883 - 1953)

Zey
Language: Yiddish (יידיש) 
Zey zenen dort, oy Got, geven a sakh, a sakh, 
Azelkhe lebedike un azelkhe brave, Azelkhe shtaltne,
berdike un kutsherave -- Un mit a vunderliker
oysterlisher shprakh.

Un zingen flegn zey fun unter yedn dakh
Azelkhe hoferdike lider un tshikave: 
Fun melekh eli-melekh un der sheyner pave, 
Mit mayver-sidre-trop un tsimblen fun tenakh.

Nor iber zeyer kop-di zun hot nor gezen 
Di roye gvald, dem kaltn meser baym retseyekh,
Vi er iz ibar zey arop, mit vildn koyekh,
Un s'ara merderay iz dort geven! 
Itst zenen zey a zekher nor fun yener gvald: 
A tsvey-dray beymer fun an oysgehaktn vald.

Text Authorship:

  • by Mani Leib (1883 - 1953) [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 Jef Hamburg (b. 1956), "Zey", 1994, from Zey, no. 2 [sung text checked 1 time]

Researcher for this page: John Versmoren

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 14
Word count: 99

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