S’hot zikh mir di zip tsezipt

A Bukovinan Jewish (Yiddish) song performed at the Galitsianers evening at The Workers Circle’s Trip to Yiddishland program. This one comes from the ethnomusicologist Ruth Rubin’s collection, and it was documented from herself: she had learned the song from her mother who came from Hotin, on Dniester river, now on the Ukrainian-Romanian border. Aaron Alexander luckily joined me on the poyk (drum), so we contributed to the undying tradition of the klezmer fife and drum.
1. Hot zikh mir di zip tsezipt
In hot zikh mir tsebrokhn.
Hot zikh mir di shikh tserisn,
Tonts ikh in di hoyle zokn!
My old sieve was worn out
And broke altogether.
My shoes were torn,
So I'm dancing in my stocking feet!
Refrain:
Tonts, tonts antkeygn mir,
In ikh antkeygn dir.
Di vest nemen dem eydem,
In ikh vel nemen di shnir!
Dance, dance, facing me,
And I'll dance facing you.
You will take the son-in-law,
The daughter-in-law for me!
2. Tsebrokhn iz der lokshntop,
Farbrent der nahit.
Tontsn di makheteynestes,
Di kole in der mit.
The noodle pot has broken,
And the chickpeas burned inside.
The wedding-party ladies
Dance in a ring around the bride.
Tonts, tonts…
Dance, dance…
3. Khusns tsod in koles tsod,
Di gontse mishpukhe.
Tontsn af der khosene,
In mazl in in brukhe!
The families of the groom and bride,
All the folks together,
Are dancing at the wedding,
In blessed good fortune!
Tonts, tonts…
Dance, dance…

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