Hallelujah by Leonard Cohen -- Sung in Yiddish by Daniel Kahn with English Subtitles

Geven a nign vi a sod,

Vos Dovid hot geshpilt far Got.

Nor dir volt's nisht geven aza yeshue.

Me zingt azoy: a fa, a sol,

A misheberekh heybt a kol,

Der duler meylekh vebt a haleluye...

 

Dayn emune iz gevorn shvakh,

Basheva bodt zikh afn dakh,

Ir kheyn un di levone dayn refue

Zi nemt dayn guf, zi nemt dayn kop,

Zi shnaydt fun dayne hor a tsop

Un tsit fun moyl arop a haleluye...

 

O tayere, ikh ken dayn stil,

Ikh bin geshlofn af dayn dil,

Kh'hob keynmol nisht gelebt mit aza tsnue

Ikh ze dayn shlos,

ikh ze dayn fon,

A harts iz nisht keyn meylekhs tron,

S'iz a kalte un a kalye haleluye...

 

Oy vi amol, to zog mir oys

Vos tut zikh dortn in dayn shoys?

To vos zhe darfst zikh shemen vi a bsule?

Nor gedenk vi kh'hob in dir gerut,

Vi di shkhine glut in undzer blut,

Un yeder otem tut a haleluye...

 

Zol zayn mayn got iz gor nishto

Un libe zol zayn kol-mumro,

A puster troym tsebrokhn un mekhule,

Nisht keyn geveyn in mitn nakht,

Nisht keyn bal-tshuve oyfgevakht,

Nor an elnte kol-koyre haleluye...

 

An apikoyres rufstu mikh,

Mit shem-havaye lester ikh,

Iz meyle, ikh dervart nisht keyn geule.

Nor s'brent zikh heys in yedn os

Fun alef beys gor bizn sof

Di heylike un kalye haleluye...

 

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Un dos iz alts, s'iz nisht keyn sakh.

Ikh makh dervayle vos ikh makh.

Ikh kum do vi a mentsh,

nisht keyn shiluye.

Khotsh alts farloyrn say vi say

Vel ikh farloybn "Adoynay"

Un shrayen vi l'khayem "haleluye.”

https://lyricstranslate.com/en/hallelujah-hallelujah.html-34

Here is the video sung in Yiddish by Daniel Kahn:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XH1fERC_504

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