CD014-17

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Title of Collector

Mi, ri .....

Title

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

First Line

May ko mashme lon, der regn

Performer

Instrumentation

vocal (female), piano, strings (violoncello [?], violin), clarinet

Composer

Author

Avrom Reisen

Genre

Yiddish Song

Language

Yiddish

Song Text

Oy, oy, oy, oy, oy, oy, oy...


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


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


Oy, oy, oy, oy, oy, oy, oy...


May ko mashme lon der zeyger?
Vos zhe lozt er mir tsu hern?
Mit zayn gelbn tsifer-bletl,
Mit zayn klingen, mit zayn shvern?
S’iz ayn ongeshtelte keyle,
S’hot kayn lebn, kayn gefiln –
Kumt di sho, dan muz er shlogn
On zayn rotsn, on zayn viln…


May ko mashme lon mayn lebn?
Vos zhe lozt er mir tsu hern?
Foyln, velkn in der yugnt
Far der tsayt fareltert vern
Esn teg un shlingen trern
Shlofn oyfn foyst, dem hartn
Do farshlofn oylem haze
Un oyf oylem habe vartn…


Oy, oy, oy, oy, oy, oy, oy...

Übersetzung / Translation

Duration

4:17 min

Year

Comment

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