[Cz-L] Oyfn pripetchik

Here is an other version and translation:


Oyfn pripetchik brent a fayerl,
un in shtub is heys.
Un der rebe lernt kleyne kinderlekh
Dem alef-beyz.

Refrain:
Zet zhe kinderlekh,
Gedenkt zhe, tayere, vos ir lernt do,
Zogt zhe nokh a mol un take nokh a mol:
"Komets-alef: o!" ( it's easy ABC )

Lernt, kinder, mit groys kheyshek,
Azoy zog ikh aykh on,
Ver s'vet gikher fun aykh kenen ivre,
Der bakumt a fon.

Az ir vet, kiderlech, elter vern,
vet ir aleyn farshteyn,
vie'fl in die oysiyos liegn trern
un vie fiel geveyn.

Az ir vet, kinder, dem goles shlepn,
Oysgemutshet zayn,
Zolt ir fun di oysyes koyekh shepn,
Kukt in zey arayn!
At the fireplace a little fire burns
And in the room it's warm,
And the Rabbi teaches little children
The aleph-bet

Refrain:
See you [affectionately] children-dear,
Remember dear (ones), what you're learning
here
[alternate version: what I'm teaching here
("vos iCH lern do")],
Say once again, and then once again,
"Komets-alef: o!"

Learn, children, with great desire,
Thus say I to you,
[WHOMEVER AMONGST YOU MOST QUICKLY LEARNS HEBREW,
HE SHALL RECEIVE AN AWARD!]

When you will, children-dear, older become,
You yourselves will understand
How many tears in the letters lie,
And how much weeping

When you will, children-dear, bear the exile,
(and) wrought-out be,
You should from the letters draw strength,
Look in them inside !



      
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