What Joy is Yours original block print cover art + download
Poster/Print + Digital Album
Get the download of What Joy is Yours EP, plus an original block print of the cover art, hand carved and printed by Hannah on 8x10" archival printing paper. The art itself is 6x6". Comes with sturdy cardboard backing in a protective cello sleeve.
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Traditional Italian labor/antifascist partisan song
Yiddish translation by Anne Gawenda; shared with us by The Bashevis Singers (Melbourne, Australia)
lyrics
Yiddish:
In zun baloykhtn, a hel frimorgn
Bella ciao, bella ciao, bella ciao ciao ciao
In zun baloykhtn, a hel frimorgn
Der soyne shteyt shoyn bay der tir
Oy partisaner, mit dir tsuzamen
Bella ciao, bella ciao, bella ciao ciao ciao
Oy partisaner, mit dir tsuzamen
Ikh vil nisht faln do aleyn
Oy partisaner, oyb ikh vel faln
Bella ciao, bella ciao, bella ciao ciao ciao
Oy partisaner, oyb ikh vel faln
Muzt mikh leygn in der erd
Baym barg dem sheynem, leyg mir in keyver
Bella ciao, bella ciao, bella ciao ciao ciao
Baym barg dem sheynem, leyg mir in keyver
In shotn fun di shenste blum
Az vest farbaygeyn, mayn shtiln keyver
Bella ciao, bella ciao, bella ciao ciao ciao
Az vest farbaygeyn, mayn shtiln keyver
Ver farkisheft in der blum
Dos is dos bliml, fun partisaner
Bella ciao, bella ciao, bella ciao ciao ciao
Dos is dos bliml, fun partisaner
toyt far frayheyt un far dir
Italian:
Una mattina mi son svegliato
o bella ciao, bella ciao, bella ciao, ciao, ciao,
una mattina mi son svegliato
e ho trovato l’invasor.
O partigiano, portami via,
o bella ciao, bella ciao, bella ciao, ciao, ciao,
o partigiano, portami via
che mi sento di morir.
E se io muoio da partigiano
o bella ciao, bella ciao, bella ciao, ciao, ciao,
e se io muoio da partigiano
tu mi devi seppellir.
E seppellire lassù in montagna,
o bella ciao, bella ciao, bella ciao, ciao, ciao,
e seppellire lassù in montagna
sotto l’ombra di un bel fior.
Tutte le genti che passeranno,
o bella ciao, bella ciao, bella ciao, ciao, ciao,
tutte le genti che passeranno
mi diranno: «Che bel fior!»
E questo è il fiore del partigiano
o bella ciao, bella ciao, bella ciao, ciao, ciao,
e questo è il fiore del partigiano
morto per la libertà.
E questo è il fiore del partigiano
morto per la libertà.
English:
In the brightness of the morning sun
o bella ciao, bella ciao, bella ciao, ciao, ciao,
In the brightness of the morning sun
The enemy was already at my door
O partisan, let’s stick together
o bella ciao, bella ciao, bella ciao, ciao, ciao,
o partisan, let’s stick together
I don’t want to die here alone
And if I die as a partisan
o bella ciao, bella ciao, bella ciao, ciao, ciao,
and if I die as a partisan
please lay me in the ground.
If you should lay me in my grave
o bella ciao, bella ciao, bella ciao, ciao, ciao,
If you should lay me in my grave
It should be shaded by a beautiful flower.
And people will pass by my quiet grave
o bella ciao, bella ciao, bella ciao, ciao, ciao,
And people will pass by my quiet grave
enchanted by this flower.
This is the flower of the partisan
o bella ciao, bella ciao, bella ciao, ciao, ciao,
this is the flower of the partisan
Who died for all of our freedom.
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