CD001-15

Title of Collector

Du fregst mikh

Title

Du fregst mikh

First Line

Du fregst mikh, mayn fraynt

Instrumentation

vocal (male), piano

Composer

Sidor Belarsky (according to Freedman catalog)

Author

Avrom Reisen

Genre

Yiddish Song

Language

Yiddish

Song Text

Du fregst mikh, mayn fraynt,
Vi alt ikh bin shoyn.
Ikh volt es dir gern dertseylt. / dertseyln?.
(2x:)
Nor gloyb mir, mayn fraynt,
Ikh veys nit aleyn –
Es hot nit geloynt zikh tsu tseyln…

Der karger tseylt gelt,
Der gliklekher tseylt…
Me tseylt, vos iz lib, vos iz tayer:
(2x:)
Mayn leybn, oh fraynt,
Iz a vist langer veg
Un punkt farayorn vi hayor.

Oyb leybn heyst laydn,
Dan leyb ikh shoyn lang,
Dan hob ikh genug zey, di yorn.
(2x:)
Oyb leybn heyst hern
Fun glik khotsh a klang:
Dan bin ikh nokh gornit geboyrn.