REYZELE

(M. Gebirtig)

Shteyt zikh dort in gesele

Shtil fartrakht a hayzele

Drinen oyfn boydem-shtibl

Voynt mayn tayer Reyzele.

Yedn ovnt farn hayzl

Drey ikh zikh arim

Kh?gib a fayf un rif oys Reyzl

Kim, kim, kim !

Efnt zikh a fensterl

Vakht oyf s?alte hayzele

Oun bald klingt in shtiln gesl

A zis kol, s?redt Reyzele

Nokh a vayle vart, mayn liber

Bald vel ikh zayn fray,

Gay zikh nokh a pour moul iber

Eins, tsvay, tray

Gey ikh mir a freylikher

Zing oun knak mir niselekh

Her ikh oyf di treplekh shpringen

Ire drobne fiselekh

Shoyn aroup foun letstn trepl,

Kh?nem zi lib arim

Kh?gib ir shtil a kish in kepl

Kim, kim, kim,

Kh?vil dikh betn Douvidl,

Zolst aroyf nisht fayfn mer !

Herst, er fayft shoyn  - zougt di mame,

     Zi  iz frim, s?fadrist zi zyer

     Fayfn, zougt zi iz nisht yiddish

     S?past nor bloyz far ?zey?

Gib a tseykhn prost oyf yiddish ?

Eyns, tsvay, dray !

Kh?vel fun haynt nisht fayfn mer,

D?royf gib ikh a shvuele ?

Dir tsulib vel ikh afile

Vern frim, mayn tsnuele,

Kh?vel sayn, ven dou vilst nor, Reyzele,

Vi dayn mame frim,

Yedn shabes geyn in klayzl ?

Kim, kim, kim !

Kh?vel gleib dir mayn libnker

Un derfar dir, Dovidl

Shtrik ikh a sheyn tfiln-zekl

Mit a mogn-dovidl

Ven gefeln s?vet in klayzl,

Zogn zolstu zey

S?hot geshtrikt mayn libe Reyzl ,

Eyns, tzvay, dray !

Kh?dank far dayn matounele

Kh?lib azoy dikh, Reyzele

Kh?lib dayn mamen, kh?lib dos gesl

Kh?lib dos alte heyzele,

Kh?lib di shteyndlekh lebn hayzl,

Tretst oyf zey arim,

Her, dayn mame rift shoyn :- Reyzl,

Kim, kim, kim !

Gey ikh mir a freylikher,

Zing  un knak mir niselekh

Her ikh oyf di treplekh loyfn

Ire drobne fiselekh

Vider shteyt fartrakht dos haysel,

S?gesl vider shtim,

Kim tzou mir in kholem, Reyzl,

Kim, kim, kim !