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VILNE, VILNE | VILNA (VILNIUS) |
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Vilne, shtot fun gayst un tmimes | Vilna, city of spirit and innocence. |
Vilne, yidishlekh fartrakht, | Vilna, conceived in Jewish ways, |
Vu es murmlen shtile tfiles, | where soft prayers are murmured, |
Shtile soydes fun der nakht. | soft nocturnal secrets. |
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Oft mol ze ikh dir in kholem, | I often see you in my dreams, |
Heys-gelibte vilne mayn, | my dearly beloved Vilna, |
Un di alte vilner geto | and the old Vilna ghetto |
In a nepldikn shayn. | in a foggy glow. |
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Vilne, vilne, undzer heymshtot, | Vilna, Vilna, our hometown, |
Undzer benkshaft un bager. | our longing and desire. |
Akh, vi oft es ruft dayn nomen | Ah, how often your name |
Fun mayn oyg aroys a trer. | brings a tear to my eye! |
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Vilner geslekh, vilner taykhn, | Vilna streets, Vilna rivers, |
Vilner velder, barg un tol. | Vilna forests, mountains and valleys. |
Epes noyet, epes benkt zikh | Something gnaws at me, makes me yearn |
Nokh di tsaytn fun amol. | for the days of long ago. |
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´Kh ze dem veldele zakreter | I see the Zakret forest, |
In zayn shotn ayngehilt, | enveloped in its shadows, |
Vu geheym es hobn lerer | where teachers secretly slaked |
Undzer visndursht geshtilt. | our thirst for knowledge. |
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Vilne hot dem ershtn fodem | Vilna sewed the first thread |
Fun der frayheyts-fon gevebt | in our flag of freedom |
Un di libe kinder ire | and inspired its children |
mit a tsartn gayst balebt. | with a gentle spirit. |
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Vilne, vilne, undzer heymshtot, | Vilna, Vilna, our hometown, |
Undzer benkshaft un bager. | our longing and desire. |
Akh, vi oft es ruft dayn nomen | How often your name |
Fun mayn oyg aroys a trer. | brings a tear to my eye! |
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Vilner geslekh, vilner taykhn, | Vilna streets, Vilna rivers, |
Vilner velder, barg un tol. | Vilna forests, mountains and valleys. |
Epes noyet, epes benkt zikh | Something gnaws at me, makes me yearn |
Nokh di tsaytn fun amol. | for the days of long ago. |
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Vilne, Vilne… | Vilna, Vilna… |