CD016-14

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Title of Collector

Der freylekher khosid

Title

Avreml der marvikher

First Line

On a heym bin ikh yung geblibn

Performer

Ben Bonus, probably Victor Yampole

Instrumentation

vocal (male), piano

Composer

Mordkhe Gebirtig

Author

Mordkhe Gebirtig

Genre

Yiddish Song

Language

Yiddish

Song Text

Un a heym bin ikh ying geblibn
S’hot di noyt mikh aroys getribn
Ven ikh hob nokh kayn draytsn yur gehat –
In der fremd, vayt fin mames oygn
Hot in shmuts mikh di gas dertsoygn:
Gevorn iz fun mir a voyler yat!


Ikh bin Avreyml, der feikster marvikher!
A groyser kinstler, kh’arbet laykht in zikher…
Dus ershte mul, kh’vel es gedenken bizn toyt! –
Arayn in tfise far lakkhenen a broyt, oy, oy…

Ikh fur nisht oyf markn vi yene proste yatn –
Kh’tsip nor bay karge, shmutsige magnatn!
Kh’hob lib a mentshn, a voyln, a nash brat,
Ikh bin Avreyml, gur a voyler yat.


In der fremd: nisht gehat tsim leybn
Gebeytn broyt: an uremer fleygt nokh geybn!
Nor yene layt, vus zenen tumid zat:
Fleygn oft traybn mikh mit tsorn:
„S’vakst a ganev!“ - S’iz mekiyem gevorn!
A ganev bin ikh, nor a voyler yat!


Ikh bin Avreyml, der feikster marvikher!
A groyser kinstler, kh’arbet laykht in zikher…
A yat, a kleyner, arayn in kutshement –
Aroys a mazik, a zeltener talent, ay, ay…

Ikh fur nisht oyf markn vi yene proste yatn –
Kh’tsip nor bay karge, baykhike magnatn!
Kh’hob lib a mentshn, a voyln, a nash brat,
Ikh bin Avreyml, gur a voyler yat.


Shoyn nisht lang vet di shpil gedoyern –
Krank fun klep, gikht fun tfise-moyern.
Nor eyn bekushe: kh’volt azoy gevolt
Nukh mayn toyt, in a tug, a tribn
Zol oyf mayn metseyve shteyn geshribn,
Mit oysyes groyse in fin gold:


„Du ligt Avreyml, der feikster marvikher.
A mentsh, a groyser geveyn volt fin im zikher!
A mentsh, a fayner, mit harts, mit gefil
A mentsh, a giter – vi G’t aleyn nor vil, oy, oy…

Ven iber im volt gevakht a mames oygn;
Ven nisht di fintstere gas volt im dertsoygn!
Ven er alts kind khotsh a tatn volt gehat…
Du ligt Avreyml, yener voyler yat.“

Übersetzung / Translation

Duration

4:47 min

Year

Comment

Comment by David Kohan

Sources

probably from the recording "Ben Bonus - Songs of our People"

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