Text & Translation
Der Fogel
Yiddish source:
Issac Leib Peretz
a vunderlekher foygl shalt,
tra la la, tra la la!
Iz a yingele tsugelofn
un der foygl iz antlofn
tra la la, tra la la.
"Vos antloyfstu?"
S'yingele shrayt
"nisht gevolt dir ton keyn layd"
tra la la, tra la la!
"Ikh bet dir foygl, foygl blayb!"
Un der foygl, "ikh nisht gloyb"!
tra tra la la!
Oyf a boym in grinem vald
a vunderlekher foygl shalt!
tra la la la, tra la la!
tra la tra la la!
The Bird
English translation ©
Helen Beer
a wonderful bird sounds,
tra la la, tra la la!
A little boy ran over
and the bird flew off
tra la la, tra la la.
"Why are you running away"
shouts the little boy
"I didn't want to do you any harm"
tra tra la la!
"I beg you bird, bird please stay"
And the bird, " I don't believe it"!
tra tra la la!
On a tree in the green forest
a wonderful bird sounds
tra la la la......
Der Fogel
Yiddish source:
Issac Leib Peretz
The Bird
English source:
Helen Beer
Oyf a boym in grinem vald
On a tree in the green forest
a vunderlekher foygl shalt,
a wonderful bird sounds,
tra la la, tra la la!
tra la la, tra la la!
Iz a yingele tsugelofn
A little boy ran over
un der foygl iz antlofn
and the bird flew off
tra la la, tra la la.
tra la la, tra la la.
"Vos antloyfstu?"
"Why are you running away"
S'yingele shrayt
shouts the little boy
"nisht gevolt dir ton keyn layd"
"I didn't want to do you any harm"
tra la la, tra la la!
tra tra la la!
"Ikh bet dir foygl, foygl blayb!"
"I beg you bird, bird please stay"
Un der foygl, "ikh nisht gloyb"!
And the bird, " I don't believe it"!
tra tra la la!
tra tra la la!
Oyf a boym in grinem vald
On a tree in the green forest
a vunderlekher foygl shalt!
a wonderful bird sounds
tra la la la, tra la la!
tra la la la......
tra la tra la la!
Composer
Moshe Milner
Mikhail "Moshe" Arnoldovich Milner was a Russian Jewish pianist and composer. He is notable as composer, and conductor, of the first Yiddish opera in post-revolution Russia "Die Himlen brenen" ("The Heavens Burn") in 1923. Read more here.