Chava Alberstein & The Klezmatics
The Well
1998

Yiddish poems set to music by Israeli pop singer Chava Alberstein and New York modern klezmer band The Klezmatics.

15 songs
FLAC, 44100 Hz, 16 bps
Transcription and translation of each song (except Umetik)

01 - Di krenitse (The well) - Chava Alberstein
02 - Ikh shtey unter a bokserboym (I stand beneath a carob tree) - Ziame Telesin
03 - Baym taykh (By the river) - Mani Leyb [music] + Ergets shtil (Somewhere quiet) - Leyb Naydus [lyrics]
04 - Ver es hot (One has got) - Avrom Reisen
05 - Ovnt lid (Evening song) - Itzik Manger
06 - A malekh veynt (An angel weeps) - Yosl Mlotek
07 - Bay nakht (At night) - A. Almi
08 - Vek nisht (Don't wake) - Avrom Reisen
09 - Kh'vel oyston di shikh (I will take off my shoes) - Itzik Manger
10 - Mayn shvester Khaye (My sister Khaye) - Binem Heller
11 - Umetik (Lonely) - B. I. Bialostotsky - Translation missing. This is NOT Avrom Reisen's poem with the same name.
12 - Di elter (Old age) - Itsik Fefer
13 - Velkhes meydl s'nemt a bokher (Any girl who takes a boyfriend) - Zysha Landau - Original translation by me
14 - Di goldene pave (The golden peacock) - folk song, Anna Margolin's version
15 - Zayt gezunt (Farewell) - Halper Leivick

If you have the text of Umetik or corrections to any lyrics please post them in the comments.