Wer zingt es dort?

from Berjozkele - Yiddish Lullabies and Evening Songs by Berjozkele

	/

Streaming + Download

Includes unlimited streaming via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.

4 PLN or more
Buy the Full Digital Album
Compact Disc (CD) + Digital Album
The album "Berjozkele - Yiddish Lullabies and Evening Songs" released by the Jewish Historical Institute in Warsaw is a real jewel among albums with music in Yiddish. The CD comes in a solid digipack, accompanied by an informative booklet full of enchanting illustrations by Karo Koto, a young POlish graphic artist, with singable translations of the Yiddish lyrics into Polish and English.

Includes unlimited streaming of Berjozkele - Yiddish Lullabies and Evening Songs via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.

ships out within 2 days

42 PLN or more

about

Ola Bilińska - vocals, electric guitar, OP-1, production
Kacper Szroeder - trumpet, flugelhorn
Raphael Rogiński - electric guitar

Michał Kupicz - co-production, mix and mastering

lyrics

YIDDISH / POLISH / ENGLISH

/// Wer zingt es dort? (Yiddish - in Polish transcription)

Wer zingt es dort ojf jenem breg,
wer zingt azoj gehejm?
Dos trajbn junge pojertes
di czerede ahejm.

Di czerede cum waser gejt
un trinkt zich langzam on,
fun wajtn, wajtn, klojsterglok
derhert zich a glin-glon.

A szifele bawajzt zich wajt,
cwej fiszer zicn dort;
zej kukn sztar in tajch arajn
un rejdn niszt kejn wort.

Der erszter warft di nec arojs,
der cwejter rudert sztil. –
Di fajerzun bahalt zich szojn,
a sof cum farbnszpil.

Der tajch iz nor wos rojt gewen –
ict iz er tunkl blo –
niszto szojn mer kejn pojertes,
kejn czerede niszto.

Doch szwebt, es szwebt noch umetik
a klang fun jenem breg,
wi emec wolt badojern
dem tog wos iz awek.

/// Kto tam śpiewa?

Kto tam śpiewa tak za rzeką,
cóż za śpiew to tajemny?
To do domu drogą stado
pędzą młode dziewczyny.

Stado podchodzi do wody
i cicho pragnienie syci,
gdzieś tam w dali z kościoła
słychać dzwonu bicie.

Z daleka płynie łódeczka,
a w niej rybaków dwóch.
Patrzą zastygli w wodę,
nie wymieniając słów.

Pierwszy zarzuca sieci,
cicho wiosłuje drugi.
Szkarłatne słońce już znika,
już koniec kolorów orgii.

Rzeka, ledwo co była czerwona,
pokryła się teraz granatem.
Nie ma już młodych dziewcząt,
młodych dziewcząt ze stadem.

Ale z tamtego brzegu
snuje się smutny dźwięk.
Jak gdyby ktoś żałował
dnia, który skończył się.

/// Who Sings There?

Who’s singing there on yonder shore,
who’s singing so mysteriously?
A herd is driven down the road
by two young shepherd girls.

The cattle gather on the shore
and drink to quench the thirst.
A a bell is ringing on the tower
of a distant church

A boat appears, from far away,
two fishermen aboard.
They stare into the water, still,
without a single word.

The first man casts a fishing net,
the other – softly rows,
just as the blazing sunset
ends the fleeting colour show.

The river – red a while ago,
has turned a dark-blue shade
The shepherd girls – they are no more,
nor is there any herd

Yet, on the yonder river shore
a faint sound lingers on,
as if someone was weeping for
the day, so swiftly gone.

credits

from Berjozkele - Yiddish Lullabies and Evening Songs, released December 14, 2014
ווערטער/ Werter / słowa / words: Zusman Segalovitsh (?)
מוזיק/Muzik / muzyka / music: kompozytor nieznany, spopularyzowana przez Józefa Młotka / composer unknown, popularized by Joseph Mlotek

license

about

Berjozkele Sejny, Poland

BERJOZKELE is a musical project which aims at reinterpreting, in a modern way, traditional songs in Yiddish. The first album – Berjozkele – Yiddish Lullabies and Evening Songs – was released on December 14, 2014 by the Jewish Historical Institute in Warsaw. The CD is available on the JHI bookstore’s website: www.sforim.pl ... more

contact / help

Contact Berjozkele

Streaming and
Download help

Redeem code

Report this track or account

If you like Berjozkele, you may also like:

Libelid - pieśni miłosne jidysz // Libelid - Yiddish Love Songs
by Libelid

supported by 23 fans who also own “Wer zingt es dort?”
go to album
It's Dark Outside - Indroysn iz Finster
by Tsibele

supported by 9 fans who also own “Wer zingt es dort?”

Finally I found some fine music with Jiddish lyrics. Very nice ! CountBreznak
go to album
forshpil:tsvey
by forshpil

supported by 5 fans who also own “Wer zingt es dort?”

One of my favourite musical discoveries in a while. These musicians are seriously talented. I can’t help imagining that there would have been a whole significant subculture of Yiddish psych rock like this in a different, kinder universe. For now, this is a window into that world that might have been. And I love every second of it. Audrey
go to album
Aybiker Ritual
by Akloleh

Raw black metal that brooks no compromises, this has all the ferocious guitars, lo-fi aesthetics and infernal howling you crave. Bandcamp New & Notable Jan 30, 2023
go to album
Cry My Heart, Cry! Songs from Testimonies, Vol. 2
by Zisl Slepovitch Ensemble & Sasha Lurje

Originally sung by Holocaust survivors in Yiddish, Polish and French, this moving album is now available in a gorgeous LP package. Bandcamp New & Notable Apr 11, 2022
go to album
Borderless Lullabies benefit for K-I-N-D
by Morley & Friends

Roseanne Cash, Martha Redbone, & Esperanza Spaulding contribute to this gentle compilation benefiting KIND: Kids In Need of Defense. Bandcamp New & Notable Jul 11, 2019
go to album
Space Klezmer
by YID!

supported by 4 fans who also own “Wer zingt es dort?”

i love a hedonism-monologue from the secondary antagonist of purim because i'm not above admitting akhashverosh's parties were probably pretty fun for him and his buds. s'a mekhaye tsu lebn af der erd, it's a delight to live on the earth! or at least we should make it be. absolutelynotjosh
go to album