Shoul Beresowsky (1908-1975)

Itzik Manger (1911-1969)

Yiddish Lyrics

Unter di churwess fun pojln
a kop mit blonde hor,
der kop un ssaj der churbm
bejde senen wor.

Iber di churwess fun pojln
falt un falt a schnej,
der blonder kop fun majn mejdl
tut mir messukn wej.

Dolje, majn dolje, dolje, dolje majne.

Der wejtik sizt bajm schrajbtisch
un schrajbt a langen briw.
Di trer in sajne ojgn
is emessdik un tif.

Iber di churwess fun pojln
flatert a fojgl um,
a grojsser schiwe-fojgl,
er zitert mit di fligl frum.

Dolje, ...

Der grojsse schiwe-fojgl
- majn derschlogn gemit -
er trogt ojf sajne fligl
doss dosike trojer-lid.

Dolje, ...

Translation

I know of two recordings of this song: one by Ora Sittner from her wonderful CD "A Niggun vos loif mir nokh." The second recording is from a CD called "Poems from the Vanished World: songs in Yiddish and Ladino vol. 2" by Jacqueline Reisel

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Added December 27th, 1999