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Thread #11335   Message #2727786
Posted By: Jim Dixon
20-Sep-09 - 11:19 PM
Thread Name: Pretty waltzes with lyrics (songs)
Subject: Lyr Add: ROZHINKES MIT MANDLEN / RAISINS AND ALMON
From The Complete Idiot's Guide to Learning Yiddish by Benjamin Blech (Indianapolis, IN: Alpha Books, 2000), page 295:


ROZHINKES MIT MANDLEN

In dem beys-hamikdosh, in a vinkl-kheyder,
Zitst di almone Bas-Tsioyn aleyn.
Ir ben-yokhidl, Yidele, vigt zi keseyder
Un zingt im tsum shlofn a lidele sheyn:

"Unter Yidele's vigele
Shteyt a klor-vays tsigele,
Dos tsigele iz geforn handlen,
Dos vet zayn dayn baruf:
Roshinkes mit mandlen;
Shlof-zhe, Yidele, shlof!

In dem lidl, mayn kind, ligt fil nayes
Az du vest a mol zayn tsezeyt oyf der velt,
A soykher vestu zayn fun ale tvues
Un vest fardinen in dem oykh fil gelt."

Un az du vest vern raykh, Yidele,
Zolstu zikh dermonen in dem lidele:
Rozhinkes mit mandlen
Dos vet zayn dayn baruf,

Yidele vet alts handlen.
Shlof zhe, Yidele, shlof!

Es vet kumen a tsayt fun vertpapirn,
Kantorn veln zayn in der gantser velt;
Der grester vestu zayn fun ale bankirn
Un vest in dem oykh fardinen fil gelt.

RAISINS AND ALMONDS

In the Holy Temple, in a quiet nook,
I see the widowed daughter of Zion rock
Her little infant Judah. I
Hear her sing this lullaby:

"Under little Judah's cot
Stands a snow-white little goat,
The goat goes selling merchandise,
Which is what you, my child, will do.
Almonds and raisins
Sleep, my baby, sleep.

In this song, my child, it is prophesied
That you will be scattered far and wide,
A big corn merchant you will be,
And will earn a lot of money."

And when you are rich I hope you may
Remember this song I sing today:
Almonds and raisins are very nice,
You will sell all kinds of merchandise,

This is what you my child will do.
Sleep, my baby, sleep.

There will come a time of stocks and shares,
Big offices for exchanging wares,
And a big banker you will be,
And will have lots of money.