Oyfn Pripetshik from Folk Songs by Zelenaya

Oyfn pripetchik brent a fayerl,
un in shtub is heys.
Un der rebe lernt kleyne kinderlekh
Dem alef-beyz.

Refrain:

Zet zhe kinderlekh,
Gedenkt zhe, tayere, vos ir lernt do,
Zogt zhe nokh a mol un take nokh a mol:
"Komets-alef: o!"

Lernt, kinder, mit groys kheyshek,
Azoy zog ikh aykh on,
Ver s'vet gikher fun aykh kenen ivre,
Der bakumt a fon.

Az ir vet, kiderlech, elter vern,
vet ir aleyn farshteyn,
vie'fl in die oysiyos liegn trern
un vie fiel geveyn.

Az ir vet, kinder, dem goles shlepn,
Oysgemutshet zayn,
Zolt ir fun di oysyes koyekh shepn,
Kukt in zey arayn!

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On the hearth, a fire burns,
And in the house it is warm.
And the rabbi is teaching little children,
The alphabet.

[See, children, remember, dear ones, What you learn here;
Repeat and repeat yet again,
"Komets-alef: o!"]

Learn, children, with great enthusiasm. So I instruct you;
He among you who learns Hebrew pronunciation faster –
He will receive a flag.

Learn children, don't be afraid,
Every beginning is hard;
Lucky is the one who has learned Torah - what more does a person need?
When you grow older, children,
You will understand by yourselves, How many tears lie in these letters, And how much lament.

When you, children, will bear the Exile And will be exhausted,
May you derive strength from these letters,
Look in at them!

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