CD003-11

Title of Collector

Makheteneste

Title

Mekhuteneste mayne

First Line

Mekhuteneste mayne, mekhuteneste getraye: Lomir blaybn eybik mekhutonim!

Performer

Lola Folman?

Instrumentation

vocal (female), orchestra

Genre

Yiddish Song

Language

Yiddish

Song Text

Makhateyneste mayne, makhateyneste getraye!
||: Oy, lomir blaybn eybik mekhutonim! :||
||: Ikh gib aykh haynt avek mayn tokhter far a shnir:
Oy, kh'beyt/zeyt(?), zi zol nisht unvern dos ponim! :||

Makhateyneste mayne, makhateyneste getraye!
||: Mayn tokhter zolt ir tsu fri nisht vekn! :||
||: In tomer vet ir zeyn an avle tsu mayn kind:
Vi an eygene mame zolt ir dus fardekn! :||

Oy, mazl mazl tov, mazl mazl tov, ... makhateyneste mayne... Zol zayn mit mazl un mit glik!

Makhateyneste mayne, makhateyneste getraye!
||: Oyf kinder hubn tut men blut fargisn! :||
||: In tomer vet ir zeyn, a' der zin hot lib di shnir –
Oy, zol es aykh, kholile, nisht fardrisn! :||

Makhateyneste mayne, makhateyneste getraye!
||: Mayn tokhter kumt tsu aykh in a parikl. :||
||: In tomer vet ir zayn a beyze shviger, a shlak:
Oy, iz mayn tokhter (an emese / oykh an ?) antikl! :||

Oy, mazl mazl tov, mazl mazl tov, ... makhateyneste mayne... Zol zayn mit mazl in mit glik!

Zol zayn mit mazl in mit glik! Mazl tov!

Duration

2:40 min