Berjoskele
Language: Yiddish (יידיש)
Ruik, ruik, shokelt ir geloktes grines kep! mayn vaysinke Beryozkele un davent on a shir; yedes, yedes, bletele irs sheptshet shtil a tfile. Zay shyn, kleyn Beryozkele, mispael oykh far mir. Fun vaytn mayrev hot zikh troyerik farganvet in di dine tsvaygelekh a rozer tsarter shtral; un a shtiln kush getun di bletelekh, di kleyne, velkhe hobn dremlendik gehorkht dem nakhtigal. Fun di vayte felder iz a vintele gekumen un dertseylt di bletlekh legendes on a shir, epes hot in hartsn tif bay mir genumen benkn. Zay shoyn, klein Beryozkele, mispalel oykh far mir.
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 Viktor Ullmann (1898 - 1944), "Berjoskele", op. 53 no. 1 (1944) [voice and piano], from Brezulinka: [Drei] Jiddische Lieder, no. 1. [text verified 1 time]
Researcher for this page: Ferdinando Albeggiani
This text was added to the website: 2011-09-09
Line count: 12
Word count: 94