CD002-05

Title of Collector

Mir a mshm.....(?)

Title

May ko mashme lon / Di gemure / Mika's Song

First Line

May ko mashme lon, der regn

Instrumentation

vocal (male), piano

Author

Avrom Reisen

Genre

Yiddish Song

Language

Yiddish

Song Text

May ko mashme lon der regn?
Vos zhe lozt er mir tsu hern?
Zayne tropns oyf shoybn
Kayklen zikh vi tribe trern…
Oy, di shtivl iz / shtivelekh (?) tserisn,
Un es vert in gas a blote...
Bald vert dokh/oykh (?) der vinter kumen
Kh’hob keyn vareme kapote…

May ko mashme lon dos likhtl?
Vos zhe lozt zi mir tsu hern?
S’kapet un es trift ir kheylev
Un s’vet bald fun ir nit vern…
Azey tsankt ir / Azoy tsank ikh (?) do in kloyzl –
Vi a likhtl, shvakh un tunkl…
Biz ikh vel mir azey oysgeyn
In der shtil, in mizrekh-vinkl…

May ko mashme lon der zayger?
Vos zhe lozt er mir tsu hern?
Mit zayn gelbn tsifer-bletl,
Mit zayn klingen, mit zayn shvern?
S’iz an ongeshtelte keyle,
S’hot kayn lebn, kayn gefil –
Kumt di sho, to / zo(?), muz er shlogn
On zayn rotsn, on zayn viln…

May ko mashme lon mayn lebn?
Vos zhe lozt er mir tsu hern?
Fayln [foyln], velkn in der yugnt
Far der tsayt geeltert/fareltert (?) vern
Esn teg un shlingen trern
Shlofn oyfn shtroy / foyst (?), dem hartn
Blaybn do (?) in oylem haze
Un of oylem habe vartn…

Duration

3:29 min