English Lyrics

Oy, oy, oy Yosl,Yosl, Yosl, Yosl!
Mayn khiyes geyt mir azhe oys nokh dir.
Oy, oy, oy, Yosl, Yosl, Yosl, Yosl!
Dayn malke zitzt nokh altz un vart oyf dir.
Oy, oy, oy, Yosl, Yosl, Yosl, Yosl!
Ikh kholem yeder nakht nor fun dir.
Un gib der yeytzer hore nokh a mol a tore
Yosl! Ikh krapir nokh dir.

Below is what I got from Nellie Casman's singing on "From Avenue A to
the Great White Way" --slightly different from what you had. There's
another verse I haven't tackled...Jillian "Yidl" Tallmer, SF

Mayn khayes geyt mir oys,
Ikh fil ikh halt nit oys,
Mayn harts tut mir vey gor on a shir
Es iz mir heys un kalt,
Un ikh ver groy un alt
Un veyst ir mentshn vos es kveylt mir
Di libe brent a shrek
Ikh fil ikh shtarb avek
Nokh mayn Yoslen, mayn darling,
mayn dear
A bokher a sheyner
Mir zol zayn far zayne beyner,
Yosl, ikh krapir nokh dir!

My strength is slipping away
I feel i cant go on
My heart is always aching.
I'm hot and cold,
And im getting grey and old
You all knows what's bothering me:
Love is burning fearfully
I fell I'm expiring
For my Yosl, my darling, my dear
Handsome fellow
(May he be well)
I'm dying for you!

Oy, oy, oy, Yosl, Yosl, Yosl, Yosl,
Oy, oy mayn khayes geyt mir oys on dir.
Oy, oy, oy, Yosl, Yosl, Yosl, Yosl,
Dayn malke zitst nokh alts un vart oyf dir.
Oy, oy, oy, Yosl, Yosl, Yosl, Yosl,
Ikh kholem yeder nakht nor fun dir,
Un git der yeytser hore
Mikh a mol a tore,
Yosl, ikh krapir nokh dir!

Oy oy oy Yosl, Yosl, Yosl, Yosl,
My life is slipping away without you
Oy oy oy Yosl, Yosl, Yosl, Yosl,
Your queen still sits and waits for you
Oy oy oy Yosl, Yosl, Yosl, Yosl,
I dream only of you every night
When temptation
Beckons me again--
Yosl, I'm dying for you!

Translation

Yos, my life is over without you.
Your queen is still waiting for you.
I see you in my dreams only.
Do come to me, my tempter.
Yosl, I love you.

I don't know about the interpretation that she had to marry
someone else--is that in the second verse? I don't get it
from the first verse and chorus... JT