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Thread #170217   Message #4170304
Posted By: Felipa
19-Apr-23 - 03:58 PM
Thread Name: ADD: Songs of Mordecai Gebirtig (1877-1942)
Subject: Lyr Add: Genug Gevent (Enough) by M. Gebirtig
GENUG GEVEYNT

Lyrics: Mordecai Gebirtig
Music: Michael Heiser

Genug! A sof ! Ikh zing nisht mer
keyn umetike lider
Zey zenen mir, azoy vi aykh
gevorn shoyn dervider

Kh’vel zingen lider freylekhe
A marshele an ekhter
Di zaytn haltn vet ir zikh
Un kaykhn fun gelekhter

Genug geveynt, a freylekh lid
Vet ir fun mir itst hern
Ir vet fun freyd azsh khaleshn
Un lakhn biz tsu trern

Translation:
ENOUGH

Enough! An end! I will not sing
Sad songs anymore
They are now repugnant to me
As they are to you

I will sing happy songs
A little march, a real one
You will hold your sides
And cackle with laughter

Enough weeping, you will now
hear
A happy song from me
You will then become faint
And laugh until you cry

sheet music, lyrics in Yiddish (Hebrew letters), transliteration and translation can be found at Polina Shepherd and Michael Heiser's websites:

https://www.polinashepherd.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/Genug-Gebirgit-Heiser.pdf

https://heiseryiddishsongs.com/genug-geveynt/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nWnknFuctdg (or via the Heiser website above)