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Thread #124202   Message #2741882
Posted By: GUEST,Gerry
09-Oct-09 - 07:31 AM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: Borsht (Yiddish, from Brave Old World)
Subject: Lyr Add: BORSHT (Yiddish, from Mikveh)
Here are the lyrics from the liner notes of the Mikveh CD. Probably mostly the same as Brave Old World, since Mikveh got it from Michael Alpert.

Khob nokh aza borsht nit gegesn
Khob nokh aza tam nisht gefilt
Ikh ken on dir mayn lebn nit fargesn
Vayl ikh hob dikh lib

Ikh bin mir a bolter a geboyrene
Un dos gontse shtetl ken zikh in mir
Derekh dir bin ikh gevorn a farloyrene
Vayl ikh hob dikh lib

Un tomer geyt dir dushenyu in nodn
Vet mayn mame farkoyfn di shtib
Un ikh vel dir dem nodn tseyln
Vayl ikh hob dikh lib

Un tomer geyt dir in yikhes
Mayn zeyde is geveyzn a rov
Lomir beyde khasene hobn
Vayl ikh bin shoyn alt in gro

Boy, my spelling-checker is going crazy! They give an English translation:

I never ate borsht like this before
I never held such a taste in my mouth
I can't forget you
Because I'm so in love with you

I was born in Balta
My whole town there knew me
But my identity's been erased
Because I'm so in love with you

You want to know about my dowry?
My mother will sell the house
And you can count the money yourself
Because I'm so in love with you

You want to know about my lineage?
My grandfather was a rabbi
Let's get married already
I'm getting old and gray