Re: [Cz-L] Re: Ikh hob a kleynem yingele

Thanks so much, Hardy. I hope others are as pleased to see this song
and translation as I am.--- Jessica

At 12:21 AM 12/11/2008, HARDY BREIER wrote:
> > Requested translation:
> >Ikh hob a kleynem yingele, I have a little boy,
> >>A zunele gor fayn! A son I have so cute,
> >>Ven ikh derzey im dakht zikh mir, As I see him , so it seems,
> >>Di gantse velt iz mayn. The entire world is
> >>mine.
> >>
> >>Nor zeltn, zeltn zey ikh im, So scarecely that I see
> >>him,
> >>Mayn sheynem, ven er vakht, My beauty, when awake,
> >>Ikh tref im imer shlofendik, I always see him when he
> >>sleeps,
> >>Ikh zey im gor bay nakht. And this , only at
> >>night.
> >>
> >>Di arbet traybt mikh fri aroys My job makes me start so
> >>early,
> >>Un lozt mikh shpet tsurik; My coming home so late,
> >>A fremd iz mir mayn eygn leyb! Even my body is strange to
> >>me,
> >>O, fremd mayn kind's a blik! And strange the look of my
> >>child.
> >>
> >>Ikh kum tsuklemterheyt aheym, When I come home at dusk,
> >>In finsternish gehilt, - Engulfed by
> >>darkness
> >>Mayn blaykhe froy dertseylt mir bald, My wife ,so pale, she tells
> >>me soon,
> >>Vi fayn dos kind zikh shpilt, How nice , the child
> >>it plays.
> >>
> >>Vi zis es redt, vi klug es fregt: And how it speaks, so
> >>clever asks:
> >>"O, mame, gute ma, " Oh mother, oh good
> >>mom,
> >>Ven kumt un brengt a peni mir When comes and brings a
> >>penny me,
> >>Mayn guter, guter pa?" My good, so good my
> >>Pa.
> >>
> >>Ikh her es tsu un ayl - es muz, - So far so good , Hardy
> >>Yo, yo, es muz gesheyn!
> >>Di foterlibe flakert oyf:
> >>Es muz mayn kind mikh zeyn!....
> >>
> >>Ikh shtey bay zayn gelegerl
> >>Un zey, un her, un sha!
> >>A troym bavegt di lipelekh:
> >>"O, vu iz, vu iz pa?"
> >>
> >>Ikh kush di bloye eygelekh,
> >>Zey efn'n zikh - "o, kind!"
> >>Zey zeyen mikh, zey zeyen mikh,
> >>Un shlisn zikh geshvind.
> >>
> >>"Do shteyt dayn papa, tayerer,
> >>A penele dir, na!"
> >>A troym bavegt di lipelekh:
> >>"O, vu iz, vu iz pa?"
> >>
> >>Ikh blayb tseveytikt un tseklemt,
> >>Farbitert un ikh kler:
> >>"Ven du ervakhst a mol, mayn kind,
> >>Gefinstu mikh nit mer"....
> >>

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