Akh, nit
Language: Yiddish (יידיש)
Akh, nit gut, Ikh hob keyn fray mut! Es geyt mir nit ayn mayn lebn: Vi shlekht iz mir, Az men hot dikh Far a soldat opgegebn! S’nemt mikh on a shrek, Az men traybt dikh avek Fun mir azoy vayt! To vi zol ikh kenen On dir oyskumen Aza lange tsayt? Ikh bet dikh, mayn getraye, Du blaybst dokh a fraye, Du tust dokh in der heym farblaybn: Bet ikh bay dir, Hob mitleyd mit mir, — Du zolst mir a brivele shraybn! Az ikh vel blaybn aleyn, Vet mir nit ayngeyn Keyn esn un keyn shlofn; Un du, mayn kroyn, Farges keyn geveyn, Un tu af mir hofn!
Authorship:
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), "Akh, nit" [ chorus ], 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: 2023-03-17
Line count: 24
Word count: 110