A gut yontev yidn
[A happy festival, fellow Jews]
Text - Y. Kaminsky; Music - M. Gelbart
[See lecture: Purim]
| A gut yontev yidn! | Happy holiday, friends! | |
| A gut purim zog ikh, | I wish you a happy Purim, | |
| A gut yontev mentshn, | Happy holiday, everyone, | |
| Shalekhmones trog ikh. | I'm bringing Purim gifts. | |
| Mondelekh un tortn, | Poppy seed cookies and cakes | |
| Flodn, homentashen, | Fruit pastries, hamentashen, | |
| Far yingelekh, tsu esn | For little boys to eat, | |
| Far meydelekh tsu nashn. | For little girls to nibble. | |
| Purim iz mir freylekh, | On Purim I'm happy, | |
| Purim iz mir gut. | Purim is good, | |
| Lomir ale tantsn, | Let's all dance, | |
| A sho mit a minut. | An hour and a minute. | |
| Homen iz a roshe | Haman is wicked | |
| Yidn vil er teytn, | He wants to kill Jews, | |
| Veln mir im hengen, | We will hang him, | |
| Shmidn im in keytn. | Tie him in chains. | |
| Un mit zayn mapole | And with his downfall | |
| Veln mir zikh freyen | We will rejoice, | |
| Homentashn esn | We'll eat hamentashn | |
| Un dem grager dreyen. | And turn the noise-makers. | |
| Purim iz mir freylekh | Purim makes me happy | |
| Purim iz mir gut | Purim is good | |
| Lomir ale tantsn | Let's all dance | |
| A sho mit a minut. | An hour and a minute. |
