CD010-13

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Title of Collector

Yankele

Title

Yankele

First Line

Shlof-zhe mir, mayn Yankele, mayn kleyner

Performer

Instrumentation

vocal (female), piano

Composer

Mordkhe Gebirtig

Author

Mordkhe Gebirtig

Genre

Yiddish Song

Language

Yiddish

Song Text

Shlof-zhe mir, mayn Yankele, mayn kleyner:
Di oygelekh, di sheyninke makh tsu!
||: A yingele, vos hot shoyn ale tseyndelakh,
Muz nokh di mame zingen ay-lyu-lyu?! :||


A yingele, vos hot shoyn ale tseynd'lakh,
Un vet mit mazl bald in kheyder geyn
||: Un lernen vet er khumesh un gemore:
Zol veynen, ven di mame vigt im ayn?! :||


A yingele, vus vakst a talmed-khokhem,
Un a geniter soykher oykh tsiglaykh:
||: A yingele, a kliger khusn-bukher:
Zol lign azoy nas vi in a taykh?! :||


To shlof-zhe mir, mayn kliger khusn-bukher!
Dervayl ligstu in vigele bay mir
||: S’vet nemen nokh fil mi un mames trern –
Biz vanen s’vet a mentsh aroys fun dir… :||

Übersetzung / Translation

Duration

3:25 min

Year

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