CD020-14
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Contents
Title of Collector
Lakh un zay freylekh
Title
Lakh un zay freylekh [Lach un zai freilech]
First Line
Lakh un zay freylekh, dos gantse lebn lang – Her nisht oyf tsu lakhn!
Performer
Instrumentation
vocal (male), orchestra
Composer
Author
Genre
Yiddish Song
Language
Yiddish
Song Text
Lakh in zay freylekh
Dus gantse leybn lang –
Her nisht of tsu lakhn!
Lakh in zay freylekh,
Vayl lakhn iz gezint!
Folg mikh, fraynt
Her of trakhtn fin dem morgn
Leb git haynt -
Zol far morgn G’t zikh zorgn!
Lakh in zay freylekh:
Dus vintsh ikh aykh atsind!
Ven a meydl hot dikh lib,
Ken zi dikh makhn dil
Ven zi zugt, zi vil nisht,
Zolsti visn, az zi vil.
Eyner libt a glezl vayn,
Der tsveyter libt a bukh.
Eyner nemt a meydl
In a shviger shlept zikh nukh
Lakh in zay freylekh
Dus gantse leybn lang –
Her nisht of tsu lakhn!
Lakh in zay freylekh,
Vayl lakhn iz gezint!
Folg mikh, fraynt
Her of trakhtn fin dem morgn
Leb git haynt -
Zol far morgn G’t zikh zorgn!
Lakh in zay freylekh:
Dus vintsh ikh aykh atsind!
Gebet twenty to one
Hob ikh a ferdl, her zikh tsi:
Arayngekimen iz dus ferd a quarter after three…
Betn gelt oyf races
Iz kayn biznes,
S’hot kayn vert –
Vi ken di biznes toygn
Az me farlozt zikh of a ferd!
Lakh in zay freylekh
Dus gantse leybn lang –
Her nisht of tsu lakhn!
Lakh in zay freylekh,
Vayl lakhn iz gezint!
Folg mikh, fraynt
Her of trakhtn fin dem morgn
Leb git haynt -
Zol far morgn G’t zikh zorgn!
Lakh in zay freylekh:
Dus vintsh ikh aykh atsind!
Eyner libt milkhumes,
Vayl s’iz laykht tsu makhn gelt
In ikh hob lib tsu hern
Az s’iz shulem of der velt
Tsvey medines hob ikh lib,
Ikh bentsh/benk zey ale mul
Eyne iz de USA
Di tsveyte iz Yisruel.
Lakh in zay freylekh
Dus gantse leybn lang –
Her nisht of tsu lakhn!
Lakh in zay freylekh,
Vayl lakhn iz gezint!
Folg mikh, fraynt
Her of trakhtn fin dem morgn
Leb git haynt -
Zol far morgn G’t zikh zorgn!
Lakh in zay freylekh:
Dus vintsh ikh aykh atsind!
Übersetzung / Translation
Duration
3:17 min