Di mame kokht varenikes
[Mother's cooking (cheese-filled) pastries]
See Lectures: "Ashkenazi Food"
| Di mame kokht varenikes | Mother's cooking varenikes |
| Un ikh bin gor fleyshik, | But I have just eaten meat. |
| Derze ikh a sheyn meydele, | I see a pretty young girl, |
| Krig ikh tsu ir kheyshek. | And wish to be with her. |
| Mir gefelt dos meydele, | I like the girl, |
| Mayn mame in der mit; | But my mother's interfering; |
| Ikh hob lib dos meydele, | I love the girl, |
| Mayn mame vil dokh nit. | But my mother doesn't. |
| Sheyn iz dos meydele | The girl is as beautiful |
| Vi di gantse velt, | as the whole world. |
| Nor a khisorn hot zi dokh: | She just has one disadvantage: |
| Zi hot gor nit keyn gelt ... | She doesn't have any money. |
| Gelt iz dokh kaylekhik, | Money is round, |
| Es kayklt zikh avek; | It rolls away; |
| Nem ikh mir mayn meydele | I'm taking my girl |
| Un for mit ir avek. | And going away with her. |
| Ikh for mit ir avek | I'm going away with her |
| In der shtot Adess, | to the city of Odessa, |
| Ikh shtel mit ir a khupe | I'm going to stand under the khupah |
| In eyn mes-les. | with her very soon [24 hours]. |
Source: Vinkovetzky, A., Kovner, A. & Leichter, S. (1989). Anthology of Yiddish Folksongs, Vol.1, p.38
