CD018-02

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Title of Collector

...tsel

Title

Shterndl, shterndl

First Line

Shterndl, shterndl

Performer

Sidor Belarsky

Instrumentation

vocal (male), piano

Composer

(Freedman credits Bensmann)

Author

Moyshe Kulbak

Genre

Yiddish Song

Language

Yiddish

Song Text

Shterndl, shterndl, bloyer shtafetele:
||: Zay mir a shliekh un fal in mayn shteytele! :||


Elnt, aleyn bay der fintsterer shaybele
||: Zitst dort fartroyert un dayget mayn vaybele…:||


Treyst ir, du shterndl, laykht ir in shtub arayn!
||: Zog ir, der eybershter vet zikh merakhem zayn… :||


Shterndl, shterndl, bloyer shtafetele:
||: Zay mir a shliekh un fal in mayn shteytele! :||


Freyg, vos makht Yankele, Leytse un Rivale!
||: Zog zey, ikh veyn un ikh kush zeyer brivale! :||


Zog zey, az Yankelen zol men nit zhaleven,
||: Gibn in kheyder genug im tsu baleven! :||


Zol er zikh oyslernen kadish vi’s darf tsu zayn –
Efsher, mir veysn nit… Nor G’t vet merakhem zayn –
Tomer, me veyst nit – Nor G’t vet merakhem zayn…


Shterndl, shterndl, bloyer shtafetele:
||: Zay mir a shliekh un fal in mayn shteytele!

Übersetzung / Translation

Duration

3:10 min

Year

Comment

Comment by David Kohan

Sources

probably from the album: Sidor Belarsky in a Yiddish Song Recital

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