Various old yiddish songs- Torah iz di besteh schoirah?

penguin

Wed, Feb 10 2016, 3:15 pm

So who knows this one:

Mechutenisteh meineh,
mechutenisteh geveineh...

I may have the word wrong...

ETA yeah, it's getrei'ah

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penguin

Wed, Feb 10 2016, 3:17 pm

I used to listen to WEVD & heard a lot of Yiddish songs, most of which I did not understand though my Yiddish has improved with time.

what's this one:

hop mein homentashen, hop mein veisah,
hop mein homentashen, hut passirt a meisah

Yachna Dvosha shikt shoin Shalach Monos
tzu ir mumeh Yenta..

penguin

Wed, Feb 10 2016, 3:20 pm

Found this one:
Web Page Name
Anyone care to translate?

מחותנתטע מיינע

מחותנתטע מיינע - ווערטער און מוזיק: משה בערעגאָווסקי (1892-1961) און איציק (יצחק) פעפער

מחותנתטע מיינע, מחותנתטע געטרייע,
לאָמיר זיין אויף אייביק מחותנים (2)
איך גיב אייך אַוועק מיין טאָכטער פאַר אַ שנור
זי זאָל ביי אייך ניט אָנווערן דעם פנים.

מחותנתטע מיינע, מחותנתטע געטרייע,
מיין קינד זאָלט איר פרי ניט וועקן (2)
און טאָמער וועט איר זען אַן עוולה אויף מיין קינד
ווי אַן אייגענע מאַמע זאָלט איר דאָס פאַרדעקן.

מחותנתטע מיינע, מחותנתטע געטרייע,
אויף קינדער האָבן טוט מען בלוט פאַרגיסן (2)
און טאָמער וועט איר זען אַז דער זון האָט ליב די שנור
זאָל עס אייך גאָרנישט פאַרדריסן.

מחותנתטע מיינע, מחותנתטע געטרייע,
איך פאָר צו אייך מיט אַ פאַריקל (2)
טאָמער וועט איר זיין אַ שלאַק אַ בייזע שוויגער
איז מיין טאָכטער אויכעט אַן אַנטיקל

qwerty4

Wed, Feb 10 2016, 3:39 pm

Pretty cute song!

youngishbear

Wed, Feb 10 2016, 3:49 pm

penguin wrote:

I think I'd enjoy doing a poetic translation but I stuck to precision at the expense of the rhymes

Mechuteiniste mine (do I need to translate?)
Let's always stay mechutunim
I am giving you my daughter to be your DIL
By you she shouldn't lose face

Mechuteiniste mine
Don't wake my child early
And if you see an עוולה by her
Cover up for it as if you were her mother

Mechuteiniste mine
To bear children we spill our blood
And if you see your son likes the DIL
Don't let it bother you at all

Mechuteiniste mine
I am traveling to you with a (buggy?)
If you'll be a shlock and a mad shvigger
My daughter is also an (antique?)

You're sure the last word isn't ארטיקל?

It would make more sense to me.

Pandabeer

Wed, Feb 10 2016, 6:18 pm

antique makes perfectly sence - it means one of a kind

youngishbear

Wed, Feb 10 2016, 6:24 pm

Pandabeer wrote:

antique makes perfectly sence - it means one of a kind

I thought it means antique as in old?

ארטיקל could mean something valuable without the connotation of old. It could even have an ironic connotation, like a יענע ארטיקל...

Do you think פאריקל means buggy?

Pandabeer

Wed, Feb 10 2016, 6:37 pm

in our yiddish antique אנטיק mean unique - it's a very common word we use

Pandabeer

Wed, Feb 10 2016, 6:41 pm

never heard of "farikl" google tranlates it as wig?

penguin

Wed, Feb 10 2016, 10:59 pm

Quote:

never heard of "farikl" google tranlates it as wig?

That would be like perruke?

amother

Mustard

Wed, Feb 10 2016, 11:28 pm

Love this one
Bie mir bistu shein
Bie mir hasdu chein
Bie mir bistu di shensta fin di velt

Shein vee see levuna
Lechtig vee di shteren
Fin himel a matuna hat mir dir gegeben

penguin

Fri, Feb 12 2016, 3:26 pm

Anybody recognize the homontashen song? Very likely I have some words wrong.

amother

Rose

Sat, Feb 13 2016, 8:06 pm

I

Yachne-Dvoshe fort in mark,

Zi halt zich in eyn pakn,

Fort oyf Purim koyfn mel,

Homentashn bakn.

Refrain:

Hop! Mayne homentashn

Hop, mayne vayse

Hop, mit mayne homentashn

Hot pasirt a mayse!

II

S'geyt a regn, s'geyt [s'falt] a shney,

Es kapet fun di decher

Yachne firt shoyn korn-mel,

In a zak mit [ful] lecher.

Refrain

III

Nisht kayn honig, nisht kayn mon,

Un fargesn heyvn,

Yachne macht shoyn homentashn,

Es bakt zich shoyn in oyvn.

Refrain

IV

Yachne trogt shoyn shalachmones

Tsu der bobe Yente-

Tsvey-dray homentashn,

Halb-roy, halb-farbrente!

Refrain

short translation

Yachne Dvoshe likes to bake
Stuff that's good for noshin'
Her favorite thing she likes to make
Is Purim Hamantaschen!

refrain:
Oh, my little hamantaschen,
Oh my little white ones!
Oh, with little my hamanataschen,
Comes a little story!

Yachne goes out to the store
To buy some flour for baking,
The sack has holes, it starts to rain
Oh what a mess it's making!

refrain:

She bought no honey, no poppy seed,
And quite forgot the yeast,
But Yachne's making hamentaschen
They're in the oven at least.

refrain:

Yachne's bringing shalach mones
To her next door neighbor
Half raw, half burned hamantaschen
Without any flavor!

refrain:

amother

Rose

Sat, Feb 13 2016, 8:19 pm

Yachne-Dvoshe's going to the city
She's packing up her things now,
She has to buy some flour for purim
To bake some hamentashen
Chorus:
Oh, my little hamentaschen
Oh, my little white ones,
Oh, with my little hamentaschen
I have a little story.

It's raining and it's snowing,
Drops falling from the rooftops,
Yachne's bringing corn meal home
In a bag that's full of holes.

She bought no honey, no poppy seed,
And quite forgot the yeast,
But Yachne's making hamentaschen
They're in the oven at least.

Yachne's carrying her Shalach Manos
To her Mother in Law,
Two or three hamentaschen
Half-burned and half-raw.

penguin

Sat, Feb 13 2016, 8:53 pm

Thank you so much Rose!
And Youngish Bear for your lovely teitching!

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amother

Rose

Sat, Feb 13 2016, 9:01 pm

Your welcome

Lady Bug

Sat, Feb 13 2016, 9:52 pm

youngishbear wrote:

I thought it meant antikel as in a piece of work. Meaning, if you will be a shlock ro her, watch out, because she is apiece of work as well.

youngishbear

Sat, Feb 13 2016, 10:27 pm

Lady Bug wrote:

I thought it meant antikel as in a piece of work. Meaning, if you will be a shlock ro her, watch out, because she is apiece of work as well.

I use article in that context. I didn't know antikel is used that way.

Rose, I love how you did the translation!

amother

Rose

Sun, Feb 14 2016, 1:06 pm

Thank you
It took a few tries.. sounds right now though.

penguin

Mon, Feb 15 2016, 5:28 pm

re: antviklen

Another song popping into my head. Again I am afraid that due to my poor Yiddish skills I heard many words wrong so I'll just put some snatches

(I had it on a record sung by kids. Gives you an idea how old I am, if WEVD didn't give it away!)

Toirah, (dum dum) dos iz di besteh schoirah
something... lights up .... ? der yid in Golus punkt vee a menorah,
Toirah, dos iz di besteh schoirah

di besteh fun alleh antviklen....

....unzer heiligeh Toirah,
fun unzereh Boireh