CD004-04

Title of Collector

Shlimazl

Title

Shlimazl

First Line

Ikh vel aykh zogn eyn zakh

Performer

probably Benzion Witler

Instrumentation

vocal (male), piano, bass, percussion, clar, trumpet (?), ...

Genre

Yiddish Song

Language

Yiddish

Song Text

Ikh vel aykh zugn eyn zakh,
In ir zugt, tsi ikh bin gerekht:
A mentsh, vus hot kayn mazl nisht –
Miz im zayn zeyer shlekht!
In fremde lender furn mir,
Glikn dortn zikhn,
Ober …mentshn dem mazl (??),
Hoybt ir un nukh tse krikhn.

Oy vey, shlimazl!
Oy vey, shlimazl!
Di kenst dir gur nisht helfn
Ven di host kayn mazl!
Kenst nisht antloyfn,
Kayn glik nisht koyfn,
Ven dus shlimazl yugt dir shtendik nukh.

Mayner a fraynt hot gehat a shlekhte vayb,
Iz zi fin im avek:
Zayn simkhe iz gevezn groys,
Tsu di tsures shoyn an ek!
A vokh shpeyter tref ikh im:
A sof shoyn tsu zayn glik!
Zayn vayb hot kharute gekrign
Un hot zikh imgekert tsurik

Dus heyst shlimazl!
Oy vey, shlimazl!
Er ken zikh gur nisht helfn
Er hot kayn mazl!
Ken nisht antloyfn,
Kayn glik nisht koyfn,
Ven dus shlimazl yugt im shtendik nukh.

Oder tsum bayshil der a groyser ureman,
Vos nor dem hinger filt.
Farn letstn gelt koyft er a tsetl,
Oyf der loteri er shpilt.
Der raykher, vos er / velkher hot a sakh,
Gevint un hot nokh mer.
In der ureman, khotsh shtark er vil (?),
Bay dem dales, nebekh, blaybt er…

Vayl er hot shlimazl
Oy vey, shlimazl!
Er ken zikh gur nisht helfn
Er hot kayn mazl!
Ken nisht antloyfn,
Kayn glik nisht koyfn,
Ven dus shlimazl yugt im shtendik nukh.

A bukher hot a shidekh getun:
- S’zol oysgeredt nisht zayn -
A kale a miese in a kleyne,
Nor mit a groysn nadan!
Her zikh iber, vos iz gesheyn
- Nisht gedakht far kayn shim yidn:
Di kale iz fin im antlofn,
In baym nadn iz er nor farblibn…

Dus heyst mazl,
Ot dus heyst mazl!
Er darf zikh gurnisht zorgn,
Vayl er hot mazl!
Darf nisht antloyfn,
Zayn glik nisht koyfn -
Vayl dus mazl yugt im shtendik nukh!

Oy, hot er mazl!
Oy, hot er mazl!
Er darf zikh gurnisht zorgn,
Vayl er hot mazl!
Darf nisht antloyfn,
Zayn glik nisht koyfn -
Vayl dus mazl yugt im shtendik nukh!

Duration

3:01 min