Re: [Cz-L] A strange love story - Rabeinu Tam involved

Excellent translation. Really wonderful.
Thanks, Abraham K.

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From: "Martha Birnbaum" <martha.birnbaum_at_verizon.net>
To: "breier hardy" <hardy3_at_bezeqint.net>; "Abraham Kogan"
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Sent: Friday, December 26, 2008 10:08 PM
Subject: Re: [Cz-L] A strange love story - Rabeinu Tam involved


> Here's a translation - with some mistakes....
>
> Hert a maisse kinderlech - Aidel-Didl-Dam
> Children, listen to a tale - aidel-didl-dam
> Es flieht a goldene Pave, ibern Schwarzen Yam
> A golden peacock is flying over the Black Sea
> Und brengt mit sich a briwale, a golden tayer briwale
> and brings along a little letter, a golden, precious letter
> Zu dem Rabeinu Tam
> to Rabbi tam.
> Zu dem Rabeinu Tam, tam tam tam tam..
>
> Tam tam tam !
>
> Wer hot geschrieben dus briwale ? - Aidel-Didl-Day
> Who wrote the little letter - aidel-didl-day?
> Geschrieben hot dus briwale die Malke fun Terkay
> The Queen of Turkey it was who wrote the letter.
> Geschrieben es mit roiter tint, un farchassmet es geschwind
> She wrote it with red ink, and sent (?) it quickly
> Mit heisse Trern drei, mit heisse Trern drei, drei, drei,
> drei, drei.
> With three hot tears, with three hot tears
> Drei, drei, drei
>
>
> Wus zhe is geschrieben in deim briwale ? - Aidel-Didl-Du
> What was written in the little letter? - aidel-didl-du
> "Rabbi! oy ich liebe dich, woszhe shwaigstu Nu ?!!
> Rabbi - Oh! I love you, why do you keep silent?
> Ich esse nisht un trinke nisht un wer zesetzt far Benkenisch
> I cannot eat and cannot drink and am destroyed by longing
> Un hobe nisht kein Ru, Un hobe nisht kein Ru, ru, ru, ru
> And have no peace, and have no peace.
> Ru, Ru, Ru ! "
>
> Nu un der Raibeinu Tam, Aidl-Didl-De !
> Then Rabbi Tam - aidel-didl-de
> Gibt sich a kratz in sein roiter Burd und schreit drei
> mul "Fe".. !..
> Scratches his red beard and three times shouts "Fe!
> Un dus Tzigale in dem Hoif macht drei Mul "Mee"
> And the little goat in the courtyard goes three times "Meee.."
> Macht drei Mul mee mee mee mee..
>
> Mee, mee, mee. !
>
> Nu un Sie die Rebetzen, Aidel-Didl-Doy !
> And now the rebbetzin - aidel-didl-doy
> Nehmt zu Ihm dem Walgerholz un macht zu Ihm azoy
> comes after him with the rolling pin and says
> Schiksses liegen dir in Sinn, un Ich un Ich wi bin
> You've got schikses on the brain - and I - and I am
> your dearly beloved wife, your dearly beloved wife
> Dein heiss geliebte Froy, Dein heiss geliebte Froy, Froy,
> Froy, Froy
> wife, wife, wife
> Froy, Froy, Froy
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