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Brivele - א​ו​ן דו א​ַ​ק​ע​ר​ס​ט​/​Un Du Akerst

from Rebel Tongues Living Tongues by James Connolly Upstate NY IWW

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Brivele is a Seattle-based anti-fascist klezmer folk-punk trio who braid together oral history, Yiddish language, contemporary and old-country musical genres, American Vaudeville, and visual arts.

Brivele is pronounced "BREE-veh-leh" (בריוועלע) and means "Little Letter" in Yiddish.

They can be found here www.brivele.com

lyrics

Un du akerst un du zeyst,
Un du fiterst un du neyst.
Un du hamerst un du shpinst
Zog, mayn folk, vos du fardinst?

You plow the fields and sow the grain,
bending all your clothes again
after work there's still chores to do
oh my dear whats left for you

Kling-klang, kling-klang!
Klapt der hamer mit zayn gezang!
Kling-klang, kling-klang!
Tserayst di keytn fun shklafn-tsvang!

Vebst dayn vebshtul tog un nakht,
Grobst undz ayzn fun der shakht,
Brengst di shefe undz arayn,
Ful mit tvue un mit vayn.

You weave your loom both night and day
and dig the iron from the clay
the grain and wine we harvest here
abundance throughout the year

Kling-klang, kling-klang...

Nor vu iz dayn tish gegreyt?
Nor vu iz dayn yontef kleyd?
Nor vu iz dayn sharfe shverd?
Velkhes glik iz dir bashert?

So where is your table set?
And where is your best outfit?
And where is your sharpened sword?
Bashert, the joy is yours.

We make these treasures,
but not to keep
instead we wear these chains and weep

Shafst undz oytsres on a shiyer,
Altsding - nor nit far dir;
Un far zikh hostu in noyt
Nor geshmidt a shvere keyt.

Kling-klang, kling-klang...

Un du hamerst un du shpinst
Zog, mayn folk, vos du fardinst?

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from Rebel Tongues Living Tongues, released May 31, 2022
Performed By: Brivele
Composed By: Chaim Zhitlowsky
Based On A Poem By: Georges Herwegh

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James Connolly Upstate NY IWW Albany, New York

The James Connolly Upstate NY IWW branch is a union for all workers based in NY. Musicians and other workers wishing to organize can find us here upstatenyiww.wordpress.com/contact/

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