It's all going to be ok. Even in a hobbit house. Especially in a hobbit house. It's going to be ok.
And soon times will come where we will sing and sweep and the sun will shine and yiddish melodies will be yamtareetareetaretareetareetamed.
Sometimes you just gotta hold your breath, and leap, and then breathe again. bless. It's gonna be ok :')
Sunday, March 1, 2009
Bless G-d.
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this is a fantastic video. i'd love to know what the lyrics mean. please do post translation if you can.
sure, courtesy of LC. enjoy! ~C
Oifn Veg Shteit a Boim
By Itzik Manger (1901-1969)
Translation by the Noider
(Though you can surely find a better translation somewhere online)
By the wayside stands a tree
Its head is bent right over
All the birds in that tree
Have flown away forever
Three westbound three East
The rest flew southward
Now the tree is all alone
Abandoned for the blizzard
So I say to Mama Dear
Don’t you disturb or grumble
And as one and as two
Into a bird will tumble
I’ll sit on the tree
And him I’ll soothe
Over the winter to console
With a happy tune
Mama says no my child
And she cries with tears
You will g-d please
On the tree freeze
Say I mamma, it’s a shame
Your lovely eyes
And before what and before when
Like a bird I’ll fly
Mamma cries “Itzik” my crown
As g-d would will
Take with you a little shawl
You still may get a chill
Your Galoshen you must wear
It goes a bitter winter
And your fur cap, take too
Woe is me and wind me
And a winter-coat take along
Put it on, you silly fool
If you don’t want to be a guest
Amongst all the dead
I begin to fly, oh it’s hard
To many, many things
Mamma has put on
Her little bird a weak one
Looking sadly I peek in
Into my mammas eyes
Her love has not allowed
Me become a bird to fly
By the wayside stands a tree
Its head is bent right over
All the birds in that tree
Have flown away forever
it's awfully bittersweet.
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