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zayt gezunt, zayt gezunt morgn for ikh op; kh'hob shoyn oyfgeneyt a zekl, opgeshert dem kop. hob bakumen shoyn a gartl, tsugeneyt tsum keyt. un zikh shoyn mit ale shkheynim durkh der vant tsesheydt. zayt gezunt, zayt gezunt morgn for ikh op; kh'hob shoyn oyfgeneyt a zekl, Opgeshert dem kop. hob aheym avekgeshribn shoyn dem letstn briv: morgn vel ikh zayn shoyn vayt-vayt ergets oyf a shif ...
Translated lyrics
Farewell, farewell, tomorrow I depart I've sewn myself a pack had my hair cut off. I've got myself a belt that's tethered to my chains, said goodbye to all the neighbors through the wall that intervenes. I've already written my last letter home. Tomorrow I'll be far way, somewhere on a ship ...
Notes
Song appears on Chava Alberstein's 1998 album with the Klezmatics, called "The Well". H. Leivick composed the poem about his escape from a Czarist prison in Siberia, from which he fled to America.
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