Ven du veynst, veynstu aleyn (When You Cry You Cry Alone), Yiddish theater waltz by Alex Silberstein
This is the second song by Alex Silberstein that I've posted on this blog, the first was Biznes in Amerika. The whole sheet music cover is at the bottom of the post.In the American Yiddish Penny Song collection, this song is titled Ven du veynst veynst du aleyn. (Today that would be Ven du veynst veynstu aleyn.) On the sheet music, however, it's titled: Ven Du Weinst und Ven Du Lachst and we note Alex sang it "with great success."
The words are repetitive and obvious (like, duh) but the tune is a nice waltz. Here is my recording with the English subtitles as always:
Here's a transliteration and my English translation from the Yiddish:
Ver es hot gelt der hot di velt
Dos iz bakant nit fun yetst
Ver es iz raykh der hot a sakh
fraynd un er iz geshetst
Men fregt vos du makhst du lebst un du lakhst
Mit dir lakht di gantse velt mit
Ober mayn fraynde ver orem haynt
Hostu keyn fraynde mer nit
Vayl
Ven du lakhst un denkst du bist raykh
Dan lakht mit dir yeder mit
Ven du veynst dan veynstu aleyn
Dayn veynen hert keyner nit
Ven dayn herts iz ful mit shmerts
Dan hostu keyn fraynde mer
Ven du lakhst lakht yeder mit dir mit
Ven du veynst veynst gants aleyn
Mentsh gib a blik vos iz dos glik
Es blaybt keynmol af keyn ort nit
Ven dos iz dayn gast lakhstu un shpast
Mit dir shpast di gantse velt mit
Ober ven dos glik tsit zikh tsurik
An umglik kumt onshtot im tsu geyn
Ven du laydst fil un veynst in der shtil
Bamerkt keyner nit dayn geveyn
One who has money has the world
That's been well known for a long time
One who is rich has a lot of friends and is esteemed
They ask "How are you doing?" you live and laugh
The whole world laughs with you
But my friend, just become poor today,
You won't have any more friends
When you laugh and think you're rich
then everybody laughs with you
When you cry, you cry alone
Nobody hears your crying
When your heart is full of anguish
then you don't have friends any more
When you laugh, everybody laughs with you.
When you cry, you cry completely alone.
Mister, take a look. What is good fortune?
It never stays in the same place
When it's your guest, you laugh and joke
The whole world jokes with you
But happiness pulls away from you again
And misfortune comes in its place
When you suffer a lot and cry in the quiet
Nobody notices your weeping.
Dos iz bakant nit fun yetst
Ver es iz raykh der hot a sakh
fraynd un er iz geshetst
Men fregt vos du makhst du lebst un du lakhst
Mit dir lakht di gantse velt mit
Ober mayn fraynde ver orem haynt
Hostu keyn fraynde mer nit
Vayl
Ven du lakhst un denkst du bist raykh
Dan lakht mit dir yeder mit
Ven du veynst dan veynstu aleyn
Dayn veynen hert keyner nit
Ven dayn herts iz ful mit shmerts
Dan hostu keyn fraynde mer
Ven du lakhst lakht yeder mit dir mit
Ven du veynst veynst gants aleyn
Mentsh gib a blik vos iz dos glik
Es blaybt keynmol af keyn ort nit
Ven dos iz dayn gast lakhstu un shpast
Mit dir shpast di gantse velt mit
Ober ven dos glik tsit zikh tsurik
An umglik kumt onshtot im tsu geyn
Ven du laydst fil un veynst in der shtil
Bamerkt keyner nit dayn geveyn
One who has money has the world
That's been well known for a long time
One who is rich has a lot of friends and is esteemed
They ask "How are you doing?" you live and laugh
The whole world laughs with you
But my friend, just become poor today,
You won't have any more friends
When you laugh and think you're rich
then everybody laughs with you
When you cry, you cry alone
Nobody hears your crying
When your heart is full of anguish
then you don't have friends any more
When you laugh, everybody laughs with you.
When you cry, you cry completely alone.
Mister, take a look. What is good fortune?
It never stays in the same place
When it's your guest, you laugh and joke
The whole world jokes with you
But happiness pulls away from you again
And misfortune comes in its place
When you suffer a lot and cry in the quiet
Nobody notices your weeping.
For sheet music and/or performances contact me: jane@mappamundi.com
by melinama @ 2:49 PM
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