1.
Oprikhtn goles iz geven mayn goyrl.
Ikh bin gevorn malye in dem goles.
Ikh hob gelozt far zikh dos rekht fun yid,
un nit gekukt vos ale ketsn zaynen geblibn goyish.
Refrain:
Far vos zhe zaynen dayne trern zisinke azoy?
Vayl kh’hob farbrakht mayn lebn biternish un groy…
Far vos zhe lakht men zikh arum, oyb dayne fidl veynt?
Akh, vayl me veyst nisht, vi azoy zaynen mayne trern.
2.
In goles hobn mir getsindet likhtn,
un matses hobn zikh gebakn in oyvn,
mir hobn gelozt far zikh dos rekht fun yidn,
un nit gekukt vos undzer mel iz geveyn dokh goyish.
Refrain:
Far vos zhe zaynen dayne trern zisinke azoy?
Vayl kh’hob farbrakht mayn lebn biternish un groy…
Far vos zhe lakht men zikh arum, oyb dayne fidl veynt?
Akh, vayl me veyst nisht, vi azoy zaynen mayne trern.
3.
Mit sheyner yidene ikh hob bakent zikh bald.
In goles hob ikh hasene gehat.
Ikh hob gelozt far zikh dos rekht fun yid
khotsh ale meydln zaynen geveyn dokh goyish
Refrain:
Far vos zhe zaynen dayne trern zisinke azoy?
Vayl kh’hob farbrakht mayn lebn biternish un groy…
Far vos zhe veynt men zikh arum, oyb dayne fidl lakht?
Vayl ale ketsn in dem shtetl zaynen gevorn yidish.
P.s. íà ôîòî Rembrandt van Rijn "Åâðåéñêàÿ íåâåñòà"