CD009-03

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Title of Collector

Papirene kinder

Title

Papirene kinder

First Line

A brivale geshribn hot mayn mamenyu mir

Performer

Instrumentation

vocal (male), orchestra

Composer

David Meyerowitz

Author

Morris Rund

Genre

Yiddish Song

Language

Yiddish

Song Text

A brivale geshribn hot mayn mamenyu mir:
Shmilikl, hob dortn G’t in harts!
Di bist der yingster fin di andere fir
Gey, zeyst dikh mit zey in heyl mir mayn harts
Avek zenen yurn, ir hot bilder geshikt
In derbay mir geshribn, G’t hot aykh baglikt


Dort, ergets vayt, in dem goldenem land
Zayt dan, hob ikh, kinder, fin aykh nit gehert
Ikh kik oyf di bilder, in mayn oyg: es trert
Papirene kinder, in mer hob ikh nit…


Baym esn, baym shlufn, in ba mayn oyfshteyn
Kik ikh oyf di bilder in red tsu zikh aleyn
Papirene kinder hob ikh oyf di vent,
Papirene kinder… – Ikh brekh mayne hent


Ikh krig nit kayn entfer fin mayn fleysh in blit
Ikh meyg veynen, klogn: Vi groys iz mayn vey!
Zenen (?) shtikelekh papir - vus filn den zey?
Papirene kinder, in mer hob ikh nit…


Az ven ikh vel shtarbn, shpeyter tsi frier:
Fargest nisht ayer mamen: zugt kadish nokh ir
Ikh meyg veynen, klugn: Vi groys iz mayn vey!
Zenen (?) shtiklekh papir – vus filn den zey?
Papirene kinder, in mer hob ikh nit…

Übersetzung / Translation

Duration

3:56 min

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