Dos Land Iz Dayn Land (This Land Is Your Land in Yiddish)

See below for credits, Yiddish lyrics, and English translation.
Dos Land Iz Dayn Land (This Land Is Your Land)
Based on “This Land Is Your Land” by Woody Guthrie
Yiddish lyrics by Linda Gritz, Daniel Kahn, Michael Alpert, and Josh Waletzky
Many thanks to Harry Bochner for input on the Yiddish
Performed by Daniel Kahn with A Besere Velt Yiddish Chorus of Boston Workers Circle
Derek David, music director
Choral arrangement by Derek David
Kresge Auditorium, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA
June 10, 2023
Yiddish Lyrics
Kh’hob mir gevandert unter hashomayem,
Aroys fun midber, vi mi-mitsrayem,
Gezukht a nayem Yerusholayem,
Dos iz a land far mir un dir.
Dos land iz dayn land, dos land iz mayn land
Fun kalifornye biz elis ayland,
Fun di groyse oz’res biz di breyte yamen,
Dos iz a land far mir un dir.
Ikh gey ariber di berg un teler,
Arumgeringlt fun zise keler.
Di ritshkes murmlen, di feygl zingen:
Dos iz a land far mir un dir.
Kh’ze a groysn moyer mit a shild vos vornt:
Vil men araynet, shteyt az me tor nit,
Nor af yener zayt, shteyt dortn gornit,
Ot iz di zayt far mir un dir.
Gey ikh mir voglen, di zun fun oybn,
Nor beyze vintn tseblozn shtoybn,
Durkh di tumanen, her ikh gezangen:
Dos iz a land far mir un dir.
Af nase gasn, in tife shotns,
Ze ikh vi mentshn betn nedoves.
Bay aza dales, tu ikh zikh klern
Tsi dos iz a land far mir un dir.
Es ken shoyn keyner undz nit farshtern,
Di fraye vegn undz nit farvern.
Nito keyn tsamen, ven nor tsuzamen.
Dos iz a land far mir un dir.
Dos land iz dayn land....
English Translation
I wandered under the heavens,
Out of the desert, as though from Egypt,
Looking for a new Jerusalem,
This is a country for me and you.
This is your country, this is my country,
From California to Ellis Island,
From the Great Lakes to the wide seas,
This is a country for me and you.
I walk over mountains and valleys
Surrounded by sweet voices.
The streams murmur, the birds sing:
This is a country for me and you.
I see a big wall with a sign that warns:
If you want to enter, it says it’s forbidden,
But on the other side, it says nothing,
That is the side for you and me.
I go wandering, the sun above,
But evil winds are blowing dust,
Through the haze, I hear singing:
This is a country for me and you.
On wet streets, in deep shadows,
I see people begging for change.
To see such poverty, I wonder
If this is a country for me and you.
There’s no one who can stop us,
Or forbid us the paths of freedom.
There are no barriers, if only we are united.
This is a country for me and you.
כ'האָב מיר געװאַנדערט אונטער השמים
אַרױס פֿון מידבר, װי מי־מצרים
געזוכט אַ נײַעם ירושלים
דאָס איז אַ לאַנד פֿאַר מיר און דיר
דאָס לאַנד איז דײַן לאַנד, דאָס לאַנד איז מײַן לאַנד
פֿון קאַליפֿאָרניע ביז עליס אײַלאַנד
פֿון די גרױסע אָז'רעס ביז די ברײטע ימען
דאָס איז אַ לאַנד פֿאַר מיר און דיר
איך גײ אַריבער די בערג און טעלער
אַרומגערינגלט פֿון זיסע קעלער
די ריטשקעס מורמלען, די פֿײגל זינגען
דאָס איז אַ לאַנד פֿאַר מיר און דיר
כ'זע אַ גרױסן מױער מיט אַ שילד װאָס װאָרנט
װיל מען אַרײַנעט, שטײט אַז מע טאָר ניט
נאָר אױף יענער זײַט, שטײט דאָרטן גאָרניט
אָט איז די זײַט פֿאַר מיר און דיר
גײ איך מיר װאָגלען, די זון פֿון אױבן
נאָר בײזע װינטן צעבלאָזן שטױבן
דורך די טומאַנען, הער איך געזאַנגען
דאָס איז אַ לאַנד פֿאַר מיר און דיר
אױף נאַסע גאַסן, אין טיפֿע שאָטנס
זע איך װי מענטשן בעטן נדבֿות
בײַ אַזאַ דלות, טו איך זיך קלערן
צי דאָס איז אַ לאַנד פֿאַר מיר און דיר
עס קען שױן קײנער אונדז ניט פֿאַרשטערן
די פֿרײַע װעגן אונדז ניט פֿאַרװערן
ניטאָ קײן צאַמען, װען נאָר צוזאַמען
דאָס איז אַ לאַנד פֿאַר מיר און דיר. ‏
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[@MarcB.-pod1]

Loved hearing it. Almost better in Yiddish!!

[@autonomesinklusionsreferat1251]

bravo

[@marioncapriotti1514]

Gevalt, gevalt, gevalt! Beautiful. We need this so much. Thank you -- und bleib shtark kegn fascism!!!

[@x-ray-ich1141]

Toda! ❤😊

[@AlexCohnAtNetvision]

הלוואי. וואָס וועגן קאַליפֿאָרניע אוניווערסיטעט ביז קאַלומביע אוניווערסיטעט?

[@georgepollastri601]

I like it...

[@613putin_huilo]

דאס לאנד איז דיין לאנד פון דעם טייך ביז דעם ים. אויף אייביק

[@orrinkom3829]

From the river to the sea, Israel will always be!

[@tinjarir]

Oy, Ir Narishe Tsionistn.

[@Freedomancer111]

❤

[@pavlosagatzan8697]

❤❤

[@Hookedonsoup]

Such a beautiful performance of a beautiful song! It makes it 10x better seeing the choir masking and displaying their care for the medically vulnerable and disabled ❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥 Thank you for sharing!

[@zachfenton608]

You can't hear them good. Masks don't any benefit.

[@zachfenton608]

This is horrible. How can you sing muzzled.

[@zachfenton608]

And an enormous ADA violation against anyone with a hearing difficulty.

[@Hookedonsoup]

@@zachfenton608 the actual violation here would be not providing a sign interpreter but nice try !

[@MichelleyB-zk3eh]

Why are you promoting masks in 2024? Even Fauci admitted they were useless against virus transmission

[@debrapaulino918]

🥲💕 achten bleisen

[@zachfenton608]

Why still wearing masks

[@4570george]

They are sheep.

[@haroldsteinblatt2567]

Why ask such a profoundly stupid question?

[@deezligma6076]

Nice job making our people look subversive.

[@Bulvan123]

How?