CD006-12

Title of Collector

Reyzele

Title

Reyzele

First Line

Shteyt ot dort in gesele, shtil fartrakht a hayzele

Performer

Mark Olf

Instrumentation

vocal (male), guitar

Composer

Mordkhe Gebirtig

Author

Mordkhe Gebirtig

Genre

Yiddish Song

Language

Yiddish

Song Text

Shteyt zikh dort in gesele
Shtil fartrakht a hayzele:
Drinen oyfn boydem-shtibl
Voynt mayn tayer Reyzele.
Yedn ovnt farn hayzl
Drey ikh zikh arum:
Kh’gib a fayf un ruf oys: Reyzl!
Kum, kum, kum!

Efnt zikh a fentsterl –
Vakht oyf s’alte hayzele…
Un bald klingt in shtiln gesl
A zis kol, s’redt Reyzele:
Nokh a vayle vart, mayn liber.
Bald vel ikh zayn fray!
Gey zikh nokh a por mol iber:
Eyns, tsvey, dray.

Gey ikh mir a freylekher,
Zing in knak mir niselekh.
Her ikh oyf di treplekh loyfn
Ire drobne fiselekh…
Shoyn arop fun letstn trepl
Kh’nem zi lib arum,
Kh’gib ir shtil a kush in kepl:
Kum, kum, kum…

Kh’vel dir betn, Dovidl:
Zolst aroyf nisht fayfn mer!
„Herst? Er fayft shoyn…“, zogt di mame –
Zi iz frum, s’fardrist ir zeyer.
„Fayfn“, zogt zi, „iz nisht yidish!
S’past dokh nisht far undz!“ –
Gib a tseykhn prost oyf yidish!
Eyns, tsvey, dray.

Kh’vel fun haynt nit fayfn mer –
Deroyf gib ikh a shvuele!
Dir tsulib vel ikh afile
Vern frum, mayn tsnuele!
Kh’vel zayn, ven du vilst nor, Reyzl,
Vi dayn tate frum:
Yedn shabes geyn in klayzl…
Kum, kum, kum!

Kh’gleyb es dir, mayn libinker!
Un derfar dir, Dovidl,
Shtrik ikh a sheyn tfiln-zekl
Mit a mogn-dovidl…
Ven’s gefelt in klayzl
Zogn zolstu zey:
„S’hot geshtrikt mayn libe Reyzl!“
Eyns, tsvey, dray.

Kh’dank dir far dayn matonele!
Kh’lib azoy dikh, Reyzele!
Kh’lib dayn mamen, kh’lib dos gesl,
Kh’lib dos alte hayzele…
Kh’lib di shteyndlekh lebn hayzl,
Tretst dokh oyf zey ‘um…
Her, di mame ruft shoyn „Reyzl!
Kum, kum, kum!”

Gey ikh mir a freylekher,
Zing in knak mir niselekh,
Her ikh oyf di treplekh loyfn
Ire drobne fiselekh.
Vider blaybt fartrakht dus hayzl,
S’gesl vider shtum –
Kum tsu mir in kholem, Reyzl!
Kum, kum, kum!

Duration

3:32 min

Year

1954 Folkways Records /
2004 Smithsonian Folkways Recordings

Sources

Mark Olf Sings Jewish Folk Songs (Vol. 2)
Folkways Records FW 6827