Re: Words for Yankele

[Sam Weiss <samweiss...>]

Shlof-zhe mir shoyn yankele mayn sheyner,
Di eygelach di shvartsinke makh tsu.
A yingele vos hot shoyn ale tseyndelekh,
Muz nokh di mame zingen: ay lyu lyu?

A yingele vos hot shoyn ale tseyndelekh
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 vos lernen vet gemore
Ot shteyt der tate, kvelt un hert zikh tsu,
A yingele vos vakst a talmid-khokhem,
Lozt gantse nekht der mamen nit tsuru? 

A yingele vos vakst a talmid-khokhem
Un a geniter soykher oykh tsuglaykh;
A yingele a kluger khosn-bokher
Zol lign azoy nas, vi in a taykh? 

Nu shlof-zhe mir, mayn kluger khosn-bokher:
Dervayl ligstu in vigele bay mir.
S'vet kostn nokh fil mi un mame's trern,
Bizvanen s'vet a mentsh aroys fun dir!


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Cantor Sam Weiss === Jewish Community Center of Paramus, NJ

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