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Original lyrics
"Habet mishomayim urey" Kuk arop fun himl unze Me yogt dayne kinder, Me plogt dayne kinder Oy her undzer biter geshray Habet mishomayim urey Refrain S'iz shver tsu zayn a yid Me brent undz do di trit Mir klogn un mir lyarmen, Ven vestu zikh derbarmen, Oy Tate, oy Foter getrayer Du varfst fun vaser undz in fayer S'iz undz biter, s'iz nisht gut Du bist dokh undzer got unbefrayer Oy s'iz shver tsu zayn a Yid
Translated lyrics
"Look down from the Heavens and see" (Hebrew) Look down from the Heavens and see How your children struggle, How they suffer. Listen, hear our bitter cry Look down from the Heavens and see. It's tough to be a Jew Our ? burns out When will You ? Yourself Oh, Papa, oh dear Father, From water, You toss us into the fire It's a bitter lot we've got, it's no good You are our G-d and Redeemer Oh, is it tough to be a Jew
Notes
This was the title song of Harry Rothpearl's production of Sholom Aleykhem's story, Joseph Buloff and Miriam Kressyn and marked Sholom Secunda's final contribution to the Yiddish theater.
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