Zol ikh vern a rov
Language: Yiddish (יידיש)
Zol ikh vern a rov, ken ikh nit keyn toyre; Zol ikh zayn a soykher, hob ikh nit keyn skhoyre. Un keyn hey hob ikh nit, un keyn hober hob ikh nit, Un dos vayb shilt zikh, a trunk bronfn vilt zikh — Ze ikh mir a shteyn, zets ikh mikh un veyn. Zol ikh zayn a shoykhet, halt ikh nit keyn khalef; Zol ikh zayn a melamed, ken ikh nit keyn alef! Un di ferd geyen nit, un di reder dreyen nit, Un dos vayb shilt zikh, a trunk bronfn vilt zikh — Ze ikh mir a shteyn, zets ikh mikh un veyn. Vil ikh vern a koval, hob ikh nit keyn kovadle; Vil ikh zayn a shenker, iz mayn vayb a padle! Un keyn hey hob ikh nit, un keyn hober hob ikh nit, Un dos vayb shilt zikh, a trunk bronfn vilt zikh — Ze ikh mir a shteyn, zets ikh mikh un veyn.
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), "Zol ikh vern a rov" [ 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
Line count: 15
Word count: 157