Lyrics and Music unknown
Tango Yona’s source: Lider fun di Getos un Lagern collected by Shmerke Kaczerginski
translated by Jane Enkin and Justin Lewis
Tango Yona performs verses 1, 5 and an adaptation of verses 6 and 7 of the original 8 verses
| A yomer, a geshrey
oyf der yidishe gas Men geyt a geto makhn Ober nit oyf keyn shpas
Refrain In Bialistoker geto a yomer, a geshrey In Bialistoker geto vi dos harts tut mir vey Mir zitsn un mir klern vos vet fun undz do vern Men shlogt un plogt oyfn gas mit a late oyfn lats
In geto-mark iz a gan-eden Men krigt ales oyf der velt Fun di beste maykholim Nor vu nemt men gelt? In Bialistoker geto a yomer, a geshrey In Bialistoker geto vi dos harts tut mir vey Mir zitsn un mir klern vos vet fun undz do vern Men shlogt un plogt oyfn gas mit a late oyfn lats
Un ven vet shoyn a sof nemen tzu dem tsores un dem payn On a Bialistoker geto veln mir gliklekh zayn
In Bialistoker geto a yomer, a geshrey In Bialistoker geto vi dos harts tut mir vey Mir zitsn un mir klern vos vet fun undz do vern Men shlogt un plogt oyfn gas mit a late oyfn lats |
A wail, a cry
in the Jewish quarter They are making a geto but it’s no joke
Refrain In the Bialystok geto a wail, a cry In the Bialystok geto where my heart hurts We sit and we wonder what will become of us They beat and torment (us) on the street with a patch on the lapel (a yellow star)
In the geto market it’s a Garden of Eden You can get anything in the world Of the best delicacies But where do you get the money? In the Bialystok geto a wail, a cry In the Bialystok geto where my heart hurts We sit and we wonder what will become of us They beat and torment (us) on the street with a patch on the lapel
And when will an end finally come to this trouble and this pain Without a Bialistok geto We would be so happy
In the Bialystok geto a wail, a cry In the Bialystok geto where my heart hurts We sit and we wonder what will become of us They beat and torment (us) on the street with a patch on the lapel |
Tango Yona 