Shabes
[See lecture: Shabbat]
Two songs with similar melodies
1. Shabes, by Mikhl Gelbart
(on the disk "Vessel of Song" by the Lori Cahan-Simon Ensemble)
| Shabes, shabes, | Sabbath, Sabbath, |
| zol zayn shabes, | let there be Sabbath |
| Shabes af der velt! | Sabbath throughout the world! |
2. Shabes, shabes - Folksong
(as sung on the video by Wolf Krakowski and copied from the lyrics accompanying his disk "Gilgul" [Transmigrations])
| Shabes, shabes, | Sabbath, sabbath, |
| shabes, shabes, shabes, | sabbath, sabbath, sabbath |
| Zol zayn, yidn, shabes, | Jews, may there be sabbath, |
| Shabes zol zayn, shabes zol zayn, | May there be sabbath |
| Shabes oyf der gantse velt! | throughout the world! |
| Yontev, yontev, ... | Jewish festivals, festivals, ... |
| Sholem, sholem, ... | Peace, peace, ... |
Frayheyt, frayheyt, ... | Freedom, freedom |
| Shabes, shabes, ... | Sabbath, sabbath, ... |
| Frayheyt zol zayn, | May there be freedom, |
| Sholem zol zayn, | May there be peace, |
| Yontev zol zayn, | May there be festivals, |
| Freylekh zol zayn, | May there be joy, |
| Likhtik zol zayn, | May there be light, |
| Rakhmones zol zayn, | May there be compassion, |
| Shabes oyf der gantse velt! | Sabbath throughout the world! |
Other variations on this song:
Mames / tates / bobes / zeydes, ... [Mothers, fathers, grandmothers, grandfathers]
