Purim lid
[Purim song]
[See lecture: Purim]
| Shoyshanas Yaakov * | Rose of Jacob | |
| Tsahala vesamekha | Rejoicing and happy | |
| Biroysam yakhad | When they saw, together, | |
| Tekheles Mordekhay | The blue robes of Mordechai. | |
| Haman hot gevolt di yidn umbrengen | Haman wanted to kill the Jews | |
| Hot men im geton aleyn oyfhengen | He himself was hanged, | |
| Er iz geven a groyse tsore | There were great troubles | |
| Haman iz gevorn di kapore! | But Haman was the victim! | |
| Shoysahans Yaakov ... | Rose of Jacob ... | |
| Far amolike yesurim | Because of the sufferings in the past | |
| Hobn mir haynt dem yontev purim | We celebrate Purim today | |
| Mir frayen in mit a groyse rash | With rejoicing and lots of noise | |
| Mir vet farbaysn mit a homentash! | Eating hamentash for dessert! | |
| Shoyshanas Yaakov ... | Rose of Jacob ... |
* Yiddish pronunciation of the piyut we say after reading the Megillah.