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Contents
Title of Collector
An emese eshes khayil
Title
Eyshes khayil
First Line
An emese eyshes khayil, an emese eyshes khayil
Performer
Instrumentation
vocal (male), piano
Composer
Author
Genre
Yiddish Song
Language
Yiddish
Song Text
An emese eyshes khayil,
Oy, oy, an emese eyshes khayil,
A tayere, kayn trayere fin ir iz nito!
A goldene neshume,
Oy, oy, a nakhes, a nekhume,
A libe froy, a gite mamenyu…
Aza fayne froy vi zi –
Brengt in hoyz nor harmoni…
S’leybn iz a simfoni !
Eyshes! Khayil!
(…?)
An emese eyshes khayil,
Oy, oy, an emese eyshes khayil,
A tayere, kayn trayere fin ir iz nito!
A goldene neshume,
Oy, oy, a nakhes, a nekhume,
A libe froy, a gite mamenyu…
Loybn, dankn G’t
Darf der man, vos hot
An eyshes khayil, an antik!
Me hot zikh emes lib,
Sholem hersht in shtib,
S’iz nito kayn greser glik!
Zi freyt zikh mit dayn freyd,
Zi teylt zikh mit dayn leyd,
Zi tsertlt aykh mit libe, zise (reyd? frey?)…
An emese eyshes khayil,
Oy, oy, an emese eyshes khayil,
A tayere, kayn trayere fin ir iz nito!
A goldene neshume,
Oy, oy, a nakhes, a nekhume,
A libe froy, a gite mamenyu…
Oy, aza fayne froy vi zi –
Brengt in hoyz nor harmoni…
S’leybn iz a simfoni !
Eyshes! Khayil!
…(?)
An emese eyshes khayil,
Oy, oy, an emese eyshes khayil,
A tayere, kayn trayere fin ir iz nito!
A goldene neshume,
Oy, oy, a nakhes, a nekhume,
A libe froy, a gite mamenyu…
Eyshes Khayil !!!
Übersetzung / Translation
Duration
3:12 min
Year
Comment
Comment by David Kohan
Sources
William Royal sings Romantic Music of the Jewish Theatre
ABC 344
