Hulyet hulyet kinderlakh
- Shpilt aykh libe kinderlakh
- der friling shoyn bagint.
- Oy vi bin ikh kinderlakh
- mekane aykh atsind.
- Hulyet hulyet kinderlakh,
- kolsman ir zent nokh yung.
- Vayl fun friling biz tsum
- vinter iz a katsenshprung.
- Shpilt aykh libe kinderlakh,
- farzoymt keyn oygenblik,
- nemt mikh oykh arayn in shpil,
- fargint mir oykh dos glik.
- Kukt nisht oyf mayn groyen kop,
- tsi shtert ez aykh in shpil ?
- Mayn neshome iz nokh yung,
- vi tsurik mir yorn fil.
- Mayn neshome iz nokh yung,
- un geyt fun benkshaft oyz,
- akh vi gern vil er zikh fun
- alten guf aroyz.
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Play, play dear children
- Play, play dear children
- spring is about to begin
- oh, dear children
- how jealous I am of you!
- Play, play dear children,
- so long as you are young
- because from spring to winter
- is the jump of a cat.
- Play, dear children,
- don't waste a minute,
- let me join in your game,
- will you grant me this happiness?
- Don't look at my grey head,
- does that bother your game?
- my soul is still young,
- the way it was many years ago.
- My soul is still young,
- and is filled with longing
- oh, how gladly it would
- leave this old body!
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