"Oyfn Pripetshik" "אויפן פּריפּעטיש" - Traditional Yiddish Song

“Oyfn Pripetshik” אויפֿן פּריפּעטשיק - Traditsyonel Eydish Lid טראַדיציאָנעל יידיש ליד
- Composed by M.M. Warshawsky (1848-1907)
- Arranged for Mixed Chorus a cappella, August 14, 2020 at Austin by J. Lee Graham
- Style: Jewish Traditional
- Duration: 02:20
- Electronic Rendering by Finale 26 music notation software’s "Human Playback" with NotePerformer 3 artificial intelligence assisted interpretation.
Note from the composer: If you would like to contact me about this arrangement for any reason, including availability of score for performance and other questions, please email me at jlg@jleegraham@org.
Transliterated Yiddish lyrics:
Oyfn pripetchik brent a fayerl,
Un in shtub iz heys,
Un der rebe lernt kleyne kinderlekh,
Dem alef-beys.
Refren:
Zet zhe kinderlekh, gedenkt zhe, tayere,
Vos ir lernt do;
Zogt zhe nokh a mol un take nokh a mol:
Komets-alef: o!
Lernt, kinder, mit groys kheyshek,
Azoy zog ikh aykh on;
Ver s'vet gikher fun aykh kenen ivre -
Der bakumt a fon.
Lernt, kinder, hot nit moyre,
Yeder onheyb iz shver;
Gliklekh der vos hot gelernt toyre,
Tsi darf der mentsh nokh mer?
Ir vet, kinder, elter vern,
Vet ir aleyn farshteyn,
Vifl in di oysyes lign trern,
Un vi fil geveyn.
Az ir vet, kinder, dem goles shlepn,
Oysgemutshet zayn,
Zolt ir fun di oysyes koyekh shepn,
Kukt in zey arayn!
English translation:
On the hearth, a fire burns,
And in the house it is warm.
And the rabbi is teaching little children,
The alphabet.
Refrain:
See, children, remember, dear ones,
What you learn here;
Repeat and repeat yet again,
"Komets-alef: o!"
Learn, children, with great enthusiasm.
So I instruct you;
He among you who learns Hebrew pronunciation faster -
He will receive a flag.
Learn children, don't be afraid,
Every beginning is hard;
Lucky is the one has learned Torah,
What more does a person need?
When you grow older, children,
You will understand by yourselves,
How many tears lie in these letters,
And how much lament.
When you, children, will bear the Exile,
And will be exhausted,
May you derive strength from these letters,
Look in at them!

[@anonymoususer8497]

שלום עליכם

[@lenap.6278]

Danke. Ich spiele dieses Lied auf meiner Klarinette. Dafür habe ich zu spielen angefangen. Damit dieses Lied lange nachklingt.

[@JLeeGraham]

Es war mir ein Vergnügen.

[@loisdearmond2129]

Beautiful, Lee. Thank you for this.

[@JLeeGraham]

Thank you Lois!

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Wow!! Beautiful!!

[@JLeeGraham]

Thank you very much!

[@amanita1453]

Kaunis,melankolinen laulu,jiddishia..? greetings from Finland

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es lebe Jerusalem ....

[@JLeeGraham]

Shalom, my friend.

[@preussenberlin7461]

Schalom

[@JLeeGraham]

And God's peace be with you as well, friend.