Translation of the song A vaybele, a tsnie artist Yiddish Folk
A vaybele, a tsnie
A wife, a modest one
(iz dus) a vaybele, a tsnie, a kushere metsie
A wife, a modest one, a hard find (is this)
git iz deym nor vus hot dus gefinen
Good are those who only found this
(oy ver iz dus) a klige in a sheyne, a tsikhtike, a reyne,
A clever one and a pretty one, a clean one, a pure one (oh who is this)
ver s'farmugt es, deym hot got in zinen.
Whoever [s'farmugt - found?] it, they are aware of G-d
shtil, bashaydn, vi a taybl, a neshume a getraye.
Quiet, bashful, like a little dove, a faithful soul
mit aza min tayer vaybl ken a man zikh zayn mekhaye,
With such a dear wife a man can have pleasure
a vaybele, a tsnie, a kushere metsie
A wife, a modest one, a hard find
iz vi an oytser, vi a tsiring in hoyz.
Is like a treasure, like jewellery in the house
s'iz git mit dir tsi reydn,
It's good to speak with you
s'iz git af dir tsi kikn,
It's good to look upon you
vi ken zi mikh derfreyen,
How she can gladden me
vi ken zi mikh derkvikn.
How she can delight me
makht zi tsi
She makes for me
mir a kheyndl
A teasing gesture
nemt mikh baym hartsn presn,
Take me to your heart
ikh krig an apetit azsh -
I fight an appetite [azsh]
ikh volt zi ofgegesn.
I want to eat her up
git iz deym un voyl iz deym...
It is good and it is nice
git iz deym, voyl iz deym, vos s'farmugt,
It is good, it is nice, what is [s'farmugt - found?]
oy, a vaybele, a sheyne in a tsnie!
Oy, a wife, a pretty one and a modest one