Anthem

from What Joy is Yours by Brivele

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Song by Leonard Cohen (1992)
Chorus translated into Yiddish by Stefanie Brendler, with assistance by Wendy Marcus, Faith Jones, and Miri Koral
Verse 3 by Stefanie Brendler
Verse 6 is an excerpt from “Un du Akerst”
Verse 7 is the English translation of verse 6, translated by Stefanie Brendler

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klingt di gleker vos kenen nokh klingen
es makht nisht oys ken shleymes
faran a shpalt, in altsding a shpeltl
azoy dringt arayn di likht

The birds they sang at the break of day,
Start again I heard them say
Don't dwell on what has passed away
or what is yet to be.
Yeah the wars they will be fought again
The holy dove she will be caught again
Bought and sold and bought again
the dove is never free.

Ring the bells that still can ring
Forget your perfect offering
There is a crack, a crack, in everything
That's how the light gets in.

We work the fields, and mend your clothes
care for your children, we build your homes
but the government leaves us exposed
to all the elements.
I can't run no more with that lawless crowd
While the killers in high places say their prayers out loud
But they've summoned, they've summoned up a thundercloud
And they're going to hear from me

Ring the bells that still can ring
Forget your perfect offering
There is a crack, a crack, in everything
That's how the light gets in.

You can add up the parts, you won't have the sum
You can strike up the march, there is no drum
Every heart, every heart to love will come
But like a refugee

Man fun arbet oyfgevakht,
Un derken dayn groyse makht,
Ven dayn shtarker orem vil,
Blaybn ale reder shtil.
Working folks, arise today
and recognize our collective strength
our arms are strong, and with them we
can shut down this factory.

klingt di gleker vos kenen nokh klingen
es makht nisht oys ken shleymes
faran a shpalt, in altsding a shpeltl
azoy dringt arayn di likht
Ring the bells that still can ring
Forget your perfect offering
There is a crack, a crack, in everything
That's how the light gets in.

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from What Joy is Yours, released May 29, 2022

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Brivele Seattle, Washington

A discontented punky-klezy trio of Yiddishists.

Brivele is:

Stefanie Brendler (accordion, vox, glockenspiel, slide whistle)
Maia Brown (banjo, vox)
Hannah Hamavid (violin, ukulele, vox)
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