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| Traduzione inglese dalle note al disco di Krakowski “Transmigrations:... |
| YEDER RUFT MIKH ZHAMELE | EVERYONE CALLS ME ZHAMELE |
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| Yeder ruft mikh Zhamele. | Everyone calls me Zhamele. |
| Ay, vi mir iz shver! | Ay, things are really tough! |
| Kh’hob gehat a mamele, | I once had a dear mother. |
| Kh’hob zi shoyn nisht mer. | I don’t have her anymore. |
| Kh’hob gehat a tatele, | I once had a dear father |
| Hot er mikh gehit, | Who took care of me. |
| Itst bin ikh a shmatele | Now I’m like a little rag |
| Vayl ikh bin a yid. | Because I am a Jew. |
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| Kh’hob gehat a shvesterl, | I once had a little sister. |
| Iz zi mer nishto. | She is no longer here. |
| Ay vu bistu Esterl | Ay, where are you Esther, dear, |
| In der shverer sho? | In these difficult times? |
| Ergets by a boymele, | Somewhere near a little tree, |
| Ergets bay a ployt | Somewhere near a hedge |
| Ligt mayn bruder Shloymele | Lies my brother Shloymele, |
| Fun a daytsh getoyt. | Murdered by a German. |
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| Kh’hob gehat a heymele, | I once had a little home, |
| Itster iz mir shlekht. | Now things are bad for me. |
| Kh’ bin vi a bal-heymele | I am like a little animal |
| Vos der talyen shekht. | That the hangman slaughters. |
| Akh, du Got in himl, | Oh, God in Heaven, |
| Kuk af der erd arop. | Look down upon the earth. |
| Zey nor vi dayn bliml | See how the hangman |
| Shnaydt der talyen op. | Cuts down your little flower. |
