In Dem Land Fun Piramidn
Ben Yomen
Dovid Edelshtadt
Yiddish Lyrics
In dem land fun piramidn
Geven a kenig, beyz un shlekht,
Zaynen dort geven di Yidn
Zayne diner, zayne knekht.
Zaynen dort geven di Yidn
Zayne diner, zayne knecht.
Shver hot zey geplogt der kenig,
Laydn hot dos folk gemuzt,
Vayl es hot farshtanen veynik,
Veynik mut farmogt in brust.
Vayl es hot farshtanen veynik,
Veynik mut farmogt in brust.
Pitzlekh kinder ayngemoyert,
Ven a tzigl hot gefelt,
Okh, vi lang es volt gedoyert
Ot di viste shklafnvelt.
Okh, vi lang es volt gedoyert
Ot di viste shklafnvelt.
Ven in land fun piramidn
Volt nit geven kayn shtarker held,
Vos hot gekemft far ale Yidn
Mit zayn khokhme, mit zayn shverd.
Vos hot gekemft far ale Yidn
Mit zayn khokhme, mit zayn shverd.
Translation
This Passover song can be found in a book of Yiddish songs. The entire book is written in Yiddish, in Hebrew characters and in transliteration...no English translation. The music is printed all in the treble cleft: single notes. The English translation of the title of the song book is "Songs for Shule and Home." The song book was printed in the United States in 1946. I first heard this song about 20 years ago from an elderly woman who had learned it as a small child in Lithuania. I heard about this song from my mother who learned it at the Peretz shule in Winnipeg in about 1930. I was thrilled to find it here!
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Added March 25th, 2000