Mayn harts tsegeyt in mir
Language: Yiddish (יידיש)
Mayn harts tsegeyt in mir; Az ikh ti zikh dermonen, Vintsh ikh mir dem toyt, kh’vil mayn lebn nit konen. Vus toyg mir mayn lebn mit mayne fargenign, Az vemen ikh lib, dem kon ikh nit krign! Mer tsi fartrugn iz keyn koyekh nit, Tsi veynen in tsi klugn, in tsi zingen dus lid. Host geblit in mayne oygn af eyn oygnblik; Di bist fin mir farfloygn in kimst shoyn nit tsurik! S’vet zayn aza tsayt, vus di vest tsi mir kimen Zikhn dem ort, vi mir flegn zikh gefinen. Dan af mayn keyver veln shprotsn di shenste blimen, Di zelbe minit grade, ven di vest tsi mir kimen.
Authorship:
- from Volkslieder (Folksongs) , "Mayn harts tsegeyt in mir" [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Joel Engel (1868 - 1927), "Mayn harts tsegeyt in mir" [ chorus ], from Yidishe folkslider (1909), arr. Tyrone Landau [sung text checked 1 time]
Researcher for this page: Joost van der Linden [Guest Editor]
This text was added to the website: 2023-03-18
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Word count: 109