A Heymisher Bulgar

Abraham Ellstein

Abraham Ellstein

Hebrew Lyrics

Yidn, tantst dem heymishn bulgar,
Fargest in ayere tsores un ayer tsar
Tantst dem tants fun freyd un nakhes,
Ale sonim oyf tsu lakhes, Yidn, tantst dem heymishn bulgar.
Genug getroyert, tantsn viln mir.
Klezmer, shvaygt nit, git zikh shoyn a rir
Blozt dos fleytl, klapt di tatsn, rayst di strunes biz tsum platsn
A heymishen bulgar dos tantsn mir,
Shoyn hunderter mol dikh geyogt Yisrol,
Gelitn fun sonim, dos hostu shoyn on atsol
Nor tomid iz undzer shtrebn nor tsu lebn un got zingen ashir
To shrayt -zhe hoykh mit mut un koykh,
Vayl eybik lebn mir.

Nu tants un hulyet, Yidn
Der tants vet zayn a guter simen
Tants dan vi esflegn di oves fun a mol
nu tants un freyt zikh, Yidn,
Dan vet Moshiakh gikher kumen
L'shono habo veln mir tantsn in Erets Yisrol

Heymishn bulgar dos tantsn mir!

Translation

Let's dance as we used to in the old hometown
Forget your troubles, as you dance with your friends.

This clip is from one of Itzkhak Perlman's klezmer CDs, Live in the Fiddler's House

Media

Added November 8th, 1999