CD141-31
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Contents
Title of Collector
Vi lang vet ir klibn nor ...
Title
Vakht oyf
First Line
Vi lang, o vi lang vet ir blaybn nokh shklafn?
Performer
Instrumentation
vocals (male, female), guitar, clarinet, (cembalo/spinett/keyboards?)
Composer
Author
Genre
Yiddish Song
Language
Yiddish
Song Text
Vi lang, o vi lang vet ir blaybn nokh shklafn
Un trogn di shendlekhe keyt?
Vi lang vet ir glentsnde raykhtimer shafn
Far dem, vos baroybt ayer broyt?
Vi lang vet ir shteyn, ayer rukn geboygn
Derniderikt, heymloz, farshmakht?
Es togt shoyn! Vakht oyf un tsu efnt di oygn!
Derfilt ayer ayzerne makht!
Klingt umetum in di frayhaytsglokn
Farzamlt di laydnde knekht!
Un kemft bagaystert, un kemft umdershrokn
Far ayere heylike rekht!
Un ales vet lebn un libn un blien,
In frayem, in goldenem may
||: Brider: Genug far tiranen tsu knien -
Shvert, az ir muzt vern fray! :||
Translation
Duration
2:05 min
Year
recorded in 1980
released in 1982
Comment
Sidor Belarsky sings slightly different lyrics (only first three verses, different order).
Comment by David Kohan
Sources
probably from the LP "Hai und Topsy Frankl: Wacht Oif! Jiddische Arbeiter- und Widerstandslieder, FolkFreak FF-2002"
