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Vitebsk Nign II

from Tutejsi - The Locals by Minsker Kapelye

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lyrics

(Yiddish followed by English translation)

Ikh blondzhe iber gasn fun der geto…
In yeder fenster zest rak penimer fun zorim.
Dokh klingen lider fun fargangene poetn,
Dokh zingen strunes fun farshvundene klezmorim.

Dos naye vert geboyrn do af griber,
Der krakh mekt oys di letste blase shpurn
Un naye doyres leydn zikh fun libe-fiber
Un zingen vi di alte trubadurn.

Ikh fir mayn veg tsu nit dershpilte notn,
Tsu nit derzogte mayses vos zey tsaygn.
Ikh ken shoyn zen dem zeydenyus fayfyolke... Shotn!...
Nor shotns klingen in dem griltsndikn shvaygn.

Ikh blondzhe iber gasn fun der geto…
Dort, oyser ir, moderne hayzer, naye mentshn.
Un do, in’veynik, lebt mayn yikhes, di poetn
Vos tuen undz mit lider klanglos bentshn.

* * *
I am strolling on the streets of the ghetto.
In every window there I can see the strangers’ faces.
And there sound the poems of the gone poets
And there sing the strings of the vanished musicians.

The new would be born here on graves,
The city wipes out the last pale traces.
And new generations involve themselves into the love fever
And sing like those old troubadours.

I am paving my way to snubbed tones,
To the unfinished stories which are still telling us something.
I can already see my Grandpa’s fife… Shadow!..
Just shadows sound in the strident silence.

I am strolling on the streets of the ghetto.
Over there, there are modern houses and new people.
And here inside and under my feet, there lives my lineage, the poets,
Who bless us with their soundless verses and songs.

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from Tutejsi - The Locals, released July 1, 2009
Music and Lyrics: Dmitri Zisl Slepovitch (BMI)

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Minsker Kapelye Minsk, Belarus

Minsker Kapelye is a klezmer trio (Dmitri Slepovitch, Hanna Kharchanka, Tatsiana Kukel. The band performs rare pieces of the Litvak Jewish tradition. The band's instrumentation combines cimbalom, clarinet, and cello.
Besides their 3 albums, the band is featured on the award-winning album Kalykhanki (Lullabies, 2007). The band worked with Paul Brody, Michael Alpert, Frank London, to name a few. ... more

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