In a sheyner zumernakht
On a Pleasant Summer's Night
See lecture: The Seasons
| In a sheyner zumernakht | On a pleasant summer's night |
| Di levone hot geshaynt, | The moon shone, |
| Oy, kum tsu mir, mayn tayer lebn, | Oh, come to me, my dearest life, |
| Ikh ken shoyn nit lebn on dir. | I cannot live without you. |
| Di tsores hobn mikh arumgeringlt, | Troubles have surrounded me, |
| Azoy vi a bednazh a fas, | Just as a cooper makes a barrel, |
| Oy, hayntike yingelekh meg men gleybn, | Today's youth can be believed |
| Azoy vi dem hunt oyf der gas. | As reliably as a stray dog. |
| Shpatsirn zaynen mir beyde gegangen, | We went out walking |
| Arum un arum dem bulvar, | Around the boulevard, |
| Oy, ale meydelekh shpiln a libe * | Oh, all the girls are in love, |
| Nor ikh aleyn geblibn bin tsum nar. | Only I have been made a fool of. |
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Source: Vinkovetzky, A. et al. Anthology of Yiddish Folksongs. Vol.1, pp.28-29
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* Some other songs on the same theme and using similar phrasing are:
Lomir beyde a libe shpiln; Dortn dortn; Oy vey, mame; Sheltn, shelt ikh dem tog fun mayn geboyrn.
