Der
Khasene Valts
Kum, tants mit mir, undzer vals fun amol,
Gehat, nor mit dir, hob ikh freyd on a tsol,
gedenkst s'ershtn mol ven ikh hob dikh derzeyn?
geshpilt hot dem vals, di muzik azoy sheyn.
Tsvey yunge hertser mir zenen geveyn,
libes geshpilt, umshuldik un reyn.
Ikh hob dikh gedrukt azoy tsertlikh tsu mir,
zikh ayngelibt bald in dir.
Koym zikh dervart, fun der shul nor aroys,
gepravet a khasene, glik azoy groys.
in der khasene nakht, s'hot geshpilt di muzik,
dem zelbikn valts fun glik.
Kum, tants mit mir, undzer vals fun amol,
Gehat, nor mit dir, hob ikh glik on a tsol,
khotsh ikh ver azoy gro, un di fis, oykh shoyn mid,
In harts klingt es do, undzer vals, undzer lid,
Tsvey yunge hertser mir zenen geveyn,....
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The Wedding Waltz
Come, dance with me, our waltz from long ago,
I've had, only with you, pleasure without end,
Do you remember the first time that I saw you?
This waltz was playing, such pretty music.
Two young hearts we were
playing at love, guiltless and pure,
I pressed you so close to me
and fell in love with you so fast.
Hardly had we left the shul
we celebrated a wedding with great happiness,
In the wedding night this music was playing
the same waltz of happiness.
Come, dance with me, our walts from long ago,
I've had, only with you, immeasurable happiness.
But I become so grey and my feet are tired, too,
In my heart it still sounds, our waltz, our song.
Two young hearts...
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Yiddsh
lyrics by Chaim Tauber, transcribed and translated by
Joe Kurland,
Wholesale Klezmer Band |
Further
background on this song can be found in the Mendele Archives,
August 17, 1997 in a posting by Robert Rothstein.
Melody is from the song
Waves of the Danube |