CD021-02

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Title of Collector

Der lamden

Title

Der lomp

First Line

Un mayn lebn iz geglikhen tsu a lomp mit veynik naft

Performer

Benzion Witler?

Instrumentation

vocal (male), orchestra

Composer

Benzion Witler

Author

Benzion Witler

Genre

Yiddish Song

Language

Yiddish

Song Text

[sung]
In mayn leybn iz geglikhen
Tsi a lomp mit veynik naft:
Vern vert er nisht farloshn;
Brenen hot er nisht keyn kraft.


[spoken]
In mayn leybn iz geglikhn tsi a lomp
Mit veynik naft:
Vern vert er nisht farloshn!
Brenen hot er nisht keyn kraft…


[sung]
Vi iz avek dus helish fayer,
Vus hot in harts ba mir gebrent?
Ikh hob bamit zikh tsi fargesn –
Fargesn hob ikh nisht gekent…


||: In mayn leybn iz geglikhn tsi a lomp
Mit veynik naft:
Vern vert er nisht farloshn –
Brenen hot er nisht kayn kraft… :||

Übersetzung / Translation

Duration

2:43 min

Year

Comment

Comment by David Kohan

Sources

maybe from the album "Zun un Regn"?

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