Ven du volst geven der boyre-oylom*
If you were the Creator of the Universe
See lecture: Ashkenazi Food
| - Ven du volst geven der boyre-oylom, | - If you were Creator of the universe, |
| Vos volstu geton? | What would you do? |
| Ven du volst geven der boyre-oylom, | If you were Creator of the universe, |
| Vost volstu gemakht? | What would you make? |
| - Kh'volt gemakht un gemakht: | - I would make |
| Kh'volt gemakht a tsholnt, | a stew so big |
| Er zol in oyvn nit arayngeyn - | that it couldn't fit into the oven - |
| Dos volt ikh gemakht. | That's what I would make. |
| Apikorsim un misnagdim | Non-believers and Hasidic opponents |
| Volt ikh a krenk gegebn. | would be given an illness. |
| Nor di khsidimlekh! | Only the Hasidim would enjoy the kugel! |
| - Halevay, halevay, | - If only, if only |
| Halevay volt es emes geven! | that would really happen! |
| Ven du volst geven der boyre-oylom, | - If you were Creator of the universe, |
| Vos volstu geton? | what would you do? |
| Ven du volst geven der boyre-oylom, | If you were Creator of the universe, |
| Vos volstu gemakht? | what would you make? |
| - Khvolt gemakht un gemakht, | - I would make |
| Kh'volt gemakht a kugl, | a pudding so big |
| Er zol in tsholnt nit arayngeyn - | that it couldn't fit into the stew - |
| Dos volt ikh gemakht. | That's what I would make. |
| Apikorsim un misnagdim | Non-believers and Hasidic opponents |
| Volt ikh a krenk gegebn. | would be given an illness. |
| Nor di khsidimlekh! | Only the Hasidim would enjoy the pudding! |
| - Halevay, halevay, | - If only, if only |
| Halevay volt es emes geven! | that would really happen! |
| - Ven du volst geven der boyre-oylom, | - If you were Creator of the universe, |
| Vos volst geton? | what would you do? |
| Ven du volst geven der boyre-oylom, | If you were Creator of the universe, |
| Vos volst gemakht? | what would you make? |
| - Khvolt gemakht un gemakht, | - I would make |
| Khvolt gemakht a beys-oylom | a cemetry so big |
| Er zol in parkan nisht arayngeyn - | that it wouldn't fit into the fence - |
| Dos volt ikh gemakht. | That's what I would make. |
| Apikorsim un misnagdim | Non-believers and Hasidic opponents |
| Volt ikh a krenk bagrobn. | would be buried with their illness! |
| Nor di khsidimlekh! | Only the Hasidim! |
| - Halevay, halevay, | - If only, if only |
| Halevay volt es emes geven! | that would really happen! |
* A variation of this song is called: Ven ikh volt geven der boyre-oylom. It served as the basis for one of the Lodzh Ghetto parodies.
Source: Kipnis, M. 80 Folks-lider, Vol.2, p.87