Kh'vil nit geyn in kheyder
by Sholem Aleichem
Shlekhte kumen un farbaytn, | Bad times always come |
Shtendik libe gute tsaytn; | instead of good times. |
Nokhn zumer shteyt shoyn hintn, | After the summer, comes autumn |
Bald der osyen mit di vintn. | with the winds. |
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Kh'vil nit geyn in kheyder. | I don't want to go to kheyder, |
Vayl der rebe shmayst keseyder, | because the Rebbe whips us. |
Kh'vil nit geyn in kheyder. | I don't want to go to kheyder. |
Un der kantshik dresht di beyner, | The stick hurts our bones, |
Lernen ober vil nit keyner - | Anyhow, nobody wants to learn. |
Kh'vil nit geyn in kheyder. | I don't want to go to kheyder. |
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Un er shteyt shoyn do nit vayt, | Not far away stands |
Der bahelfer bay der zayt. | the teacher's aid, |
Mit a shtekn, a lamtern, | With a stick, a "lantern" - |
Ayngezunken zol er vern! | May he sink (to hell)! |
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Es tsit ahintsu oyfn ayz, | The ice quivers behind. |
Cos ayz iz glat, der shney iz vayz, | It is smooth; the snow is white. |
Vilt zikh glitshn a katoves, | We want to skate, |
Un er dult undz mit "fir oves". | But he makes us study |