Text & Translation
Tants, Meydele, Tants, Tants
Yiddish source:
Issac Leib Peretz
tants mitn blumen krants!
Tants, tants meydele,
tants mitn blumen krants!
Zest, der himl lakht mit trern,
vest in gikhn a kale vern,
Tants meydele,
tants mitn blumen krants!
Klezmer, shpil!
klezmer shpil, tantsn vil mayn meydele,
tantsn vil mayn meydele
inem faynem kleydele,
tantst es mit gefil,
shpil, klezmer, shpil!
Tants, tants, meydele,
tants mitn blumen krants!
Dance, Little Girl, Dance
English translation ©
Helen Beer
Dance with the flower garland!
Dance, dance little girl
Dance with the flower garland!
Look, the sky is laughing with tears,
Soon you will become a bride,
Dance little girl,
Dance with the flower garland!
Musicians, play!
Play musicians, my little girl wants to dance,
My little girl wants to dance
in the fine dress,
Dance it with feeling,
Play, musicians, play!
Dance, dance, little girl,
Dance with the flower garland!
Tants, Meydele, Tants, Tants
Yiddish source:
Issac Leib Peretz
Dance, Little Girl, Dance
English source:
Helen Beer
Tants, tants, meydele,
Dance, dance little girl
tants mitn blumen krants!
Dance with the flower garland!
Tants, tants meydele,
Dance, dance little girl
tants mitn blumen krants!
Dance with the flower garland!
Zest, der himl lakht mit trern,
Look, the sky is laughing with tears,
vest in gikhn a kale vern,
Soon you will become a bride,
Tants meydele,
Dance little girl,
tants mitn blumen krants!
Dance with the flower garland!
Klezmer, shpil!
Musicians, play!
klezmer shpil, tantsn vil mayn meydele,
Play musicians, my little girl wants to dance,
tantsn vil mayn meydele
My little girl wants to dance
inem faynem kleydele,
in the fine dress,
tantst es mit gefil,
Dance it with feeling,
shpil, klezmer, shpil!
Play, musicians, play!
Tants, tants, meydele,
Dance, dance, little girl,
tants mitn blumen krants!
Dance with the flower garland!
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.