CD010-13
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Contents
Title of Collector
Yankele
Title
Yankele
First Line
Shlof-zhe mir, mayn Yankele, mayn kleyner
Performer
Instrumentation
vocal (female), piano
Composer
Author
Genre
Yiddish Song
Language
Yiddish
Song Text
Shlof-zhe mir, mayn Yankele, mayn kleyner:
Di oygelekh, di sheyninke makh tsu!
||: A yingele, vos hot shoyn ale tseyndelakh,
Muz nokh di mame zingen ay-lyu-lyu?! :||
A yingele, vos hot shoyn ale tseynd'lakh,
Un vet mit mazl bald in kheyder geyn
||: Un lernen vet er khumesh un gemore:
Zol veynen, ven di mame vigt im ayn?! :||
A yingele, vus vakst a talmed-khokhem,
Un a geniter soykher oykh tsiglaykh:
||: A yingele, a kliger khusn-bukher:
Zol lign azoy nas vi in a taykh?! :||
To shlof-zhe mir, mayn kliger khusn-bukher!
Dervayl ligstu in vigele bay mir
||: S’vet nemen nokh fil mi un mames trern –
Biz vanen s’vet a mentsh aroys fun dir… :||
Übersetzung / Translation
Duration
3:25 min
