Dray feygl (Three Birds)—based on a poem by Nahum Yud [Nakhum Yerusalemchik]—offers the image of birds pondering the symbolism of natural phenomena and the state of the world.
Poem: Nahum Yud [Nachum Yerusalemchik]
Sung in Yiddish
Three birds sit and contemplate,
On a tall tree in the field.
Three meditating birds sit
And silently consider the world.
Ah … Ah …
A breeze stirs the cornstalks,
A leaf falls down somewhere,
As if deeply engrossed in thought,
A flower bows its head.
A white star alights
In the velvety expanse,
Three birds sit and ponder
On a tall old tree.
Ah … Ah …
Poem: Nahum Yud [Nachum Yerusalemchik]
zitsn dray farklerte feygl
af a hoykhn boym in feld.
zitsn dray farklerte feygl
un batrakhtn shtil di velt.
ah … ah…
vigt a vintele di zangen,
falt a bletl vu arop,
vi fartift in di gedanken
beygt a bliml ayn dem kop.
tsindt zikh on a vayser shtern
in dem sametenem roym,
zitsn feygl dray un kleren
af a hoykhn altn boym.
ah … ah …
Performers: Ida Rae Cahana, Mezzo-soprano; John Musto, Piano
Translation: Eliyahu Mishulovin
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