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Thread #171078   Message #4137973
Posted By: Felipa
27-Feb-22 - 11:45 AM
Thread Name: Lyr Add: If My Voice Were Louder (many languages)
Subject: Lyr Add: If My Voice Were Louder (many languages)
(English)
If my voice were louder,
If my body stronger,
I would tear through the streets,
Crying
Peace,Peace,Peace

(German)
Wenn ich nur Kraft hätte
Ich liefe auf die Strasse
Und würde schreien nach Frieden
Frieden Frieden Frieden

(Russian)
Были б силы в теле,
Был бы голос громче,
Я бы бежал по миру
С криком мир, мир, мир!

(Portugese)
Se a voz me deixasse,
S’eu tivesse mais forças,
Eu sairia gritando
Paz, Paz, Paz

(Hebrew)
Shalom, Shalom, Shalom.
Lu haya li koach,
Hayiti ratsa barechov,
Hayiti tsoeket shalom,

(Yiddish )
Volt ikh gehat koyekh,
Volt ikh gelofn in di gasn,
Volt ikh geshrign Sholem,
Sholem,Sholem,Sholem

NEW addition
(Yiddish)
Vayl ikh hob koyekh
Vel ikh loyfn in di gasn
Darf ikh shrayen sholem
Sholem sholem sholem

Because I have power, I must run through the streets and shout:
Peace, Peace, Peace

Polina Shepherd's notes say this is a traditional Chassidic song, Yiddish adapted by Adrienne Cooper, English by Sarah Gordon
https://www.polinashepherd.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/Volt-ikh-Yesli-by-2-languages.pdf

This version on the Zemirot database may be the original:
Ven ikh volt gehat koyekh
Volt ikh gelofn in di gasn
un ikh volt geshrign hoykh
shabbos, heylige shabbos!

shabbos, shabbos, heylige shabbos!
shabbos, shabbos, heylige shabbos!
shabbos hayom lashem

If I were to have enough strength,?
I would run around in the streets,
and I would scream out:
Shabbos, holy Shabbos!
Shabbos, Shabbos, holy Shabbos!
Shabbos, Shabbos, holy Shabbos!
Shabbos is the day of God

recordings:

Rabbi Ben-Zion Gold of Radom, Poland
https://www.yiddishbookcenter.org/collections/oral-histories/excerpts/woh-ex-0003091/rabbi-ben-zion-gold-sings-az-ikh-volt-gehat-koyekh-if-i-had-strength

Adrienne Cooper & Zalmen Mlotek

Psoy Korolenko and Polina Shepherd

Sarah Gordon and Michael Winograd
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VHRw7ytZ3jM