Slushay!
Language: Yiddish (יידיש)
Slushay! Ver i’ do? Ikh, nebekh, oremer shoymer! Farvoglt iz fun mir di nakht, Der shlof brekht mir mayne beyner. Tsi den bin ikh fun ayzn gemakht? Ale balebatim tuen in di betn lign Un farbrengen zikh in fargenign. Nor ikh bin eyner aleyn, Mayn kishn iz a shteyn! Slushay! Ver i’ do?
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), "Slushay!" [ voice and piano ], from Yidishe folkslider (2012) [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
Line count: 10
Word count: 53