CD049-01

Title of Collector

Ikh vil nit keyn

Title

Ikh vil nit keyn ayzerne keytn

First Line

Ikh vil nit keyn ayzerne keytn, ikh vil nit keyn goldene kroyn

Performer

Sidor Belarsky, Lazar Weiner

Instrumentation

vocal (male), piano

Composer

Mikhl Gelbart

Author

Borukh Charney Vladeck

Genre

Yiddish Song

Language

Yiddish

Song Text

Ikh vil nit kayn ayzerne keytn,
Ikh vil nit kayn goldene kroyn.
||: Di knekhtshaft iz mies un biter,
Zi meg zayn di G’thayt aleyn. :||

Ikh veys nit fun moyre far laytn,
Ikh veys nit fun koyrim far G’t –
||: Mayn harts iz mayn knekht un bafeyler
Mayn viln iz oykh mayn gebot! :||

Zol sheltn der kleynlekher soyne,
Zol sharfn zayn tempikn shverd,
||: Tsu zinken in fintstern opgrunt
Iz im fun der tsukunft bashert! :||

Ikh shpin mir mayn fodem fun shtraln,
Ikh veb mir mit gloybn mayn fon,
||: Fun di, velkhe shpiln in lebn,
Gevint nor der drayster dem kon! :||

Duration

3:23 min

Sources

Probably from album „Sidor Belarsky Sings of the Hopes and Dreams of the East Side“ (Yiddish: „Sidor Belarsky – lider lekoved 70 yor Forverts“)