Ikh Zing

Abraham Ellstein

Molly Picon

Yiddish Lyrics

Shloyme hamelekh hot tsu zayn Shulamis
Gezingen a libes shir,
Un punkt vi Shloyme dan, gelibte mayne,
Breng ikh mayn lid tsu dir.
Ikh zing far dir mayn shir hashirim
Mit libe ikh batsir im,
Far dir nor neshome mayn.
Ikh zing far dir mayne khaloymes.
Mayn libe vi a troym iz
Fun dir nor nekhome mayn.
Ven ikh gey oys fun benken nokh dir, gelibte mayn.
Un ven ikh halt in eyn denken
Az du vest nokh amol mayne zayn.
Ikh zing fun hartsn mayne lider,
Mayn shir hashirim vider,
Gelibte, far dir ikh zing.

Translation

(from Mendele archives) One place the Yiddish lyrics (along with the sheet music) can be found is the New York Times "Great Songs of the Yiddish Theater" (1975). Lyrics by Molly Picon, Music by Abraham Ellstein, from the film "Mamele." The version with which I am familiar is on "Jan Peerce on 2nd Avenue."

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Added April 11th, 2000