A Mame’s Harts as recorded by Chaim Towber https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QBQcK0IotgE
translation by Jane Enkin and Justin Jaron Lewis
| A matone fun dem himl hot undz got geshikt
A malakh far a mentsh hot zikh farshtelt Un ver es hot nor di matone der iz shoyn baglikt Di greste brokhe iz zi far der velt Der mentsh fun zayn geboyrn Er vert fun ir gehit Un hot men zi farloyrn Keyn tsveyte krigt men nit A mames harts iz reyn vi burshtinen A mames harts iz klor vi diamant A mames harts iz shver tsu gefinen A mame iz der eyntsiker fraynd A mames harts iz gots grester vunder Zi vil far zikh aleyn keyn zakh nit Zi iz zikh makriv far ire kinder Zi nemt keynmol gornit, nor zi git Ir lebn Ir shtrebn Gegebn A mames harts iz shver tsu gefinen A mame iz der eyntsiker fraynd SPOKEN Oy dermont zikh kinder Hot ir shoyn fargesn Vifl nekht on shlof Di mame iz ba ayer vigele gezesn Vifl mol zi hot aykh avegegebn ir letstn bisn Un ba yeder krankhayt kholile Iz ir harts gevorn fun shrek tserisn. Kinder! Di mame git aykh avek Ir lebn, ir yugnt, ire shenste yor Far der tsayt Vern vays fun der mames kop di hor Far der tsayt Vert a mames glaykhe pleytse geboygn Far der tsayt Leshn zikh ire sheyne oygn Nor vi tif iz di veytik fun a mamen Ven ire kinder vaksn oys groys Un zey lakhn zikh fun der mame oys Vos vil zi, di mame, zogn zey Vos geyt zi shtendik an umtsufridene Vos veys zi, vos farshteyt zi Di narishe old-fashioned yidene Tut es nisht, kinder Shanevet a mames trer Vayl oyf der gantser velt iz do Nor eyn mame nisht mer SUNG Zi iz zikh makriv far ire kinder Zi nemt keynmol gornit, nor zi git Ir lebn Ir shtrebn Gegebn A mames harts iz shver tsu gefinen A mame iz der eyntsiker fraynd |
A gift from heaven God has sent to us
An angel disguised as a person And whoever has only this gift Is fortunate The best blessing is she in the world A person from their birth Is watched over by her And if they have lost her A second they don’t receive A mama’s heart is pure as amber A mama’s heart is clear as diamond A mama’s heart is hard to find A mama is the only friend A mama’s heart is God’s greatest wonder She wants for herself nothing She sacrifices herself for her children She takes nothing, she only gives Her life Her striving Given A mama’s heart is hard to find A mama is the only friend
Oy, remember children Have you already forgotten How many nights without sleep Your mama has sat by your cradle How many times she has given away her last bite And with every illness, God forbid Has her heart been torn in fear Children! Your mama gives away for you Her life, her youth, her finest years Before her time A mama’s hair becomes white Before her time A mama’s shoulders stoop Before her time Her lovely eyes dim And how deep is the sorrow of a mama When her children grow up And they make fun of their mother What does she want, mama, they say Why does she always go around an unhappy one What does she know, what does she understand The foolish, old-fashioned woman Don’t do it, children Cherish a mama’s tears For in the whole world is there Only one mama, not more She sacrifices herself for her children She takes nothing, she only gives Her life Her striving Given A mama’s heart is hard to find A mama is the only friend |
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