Di Mesinke [English translation]

Higher, better, the circle, the circle1 is getting bigger

G-d has made me great, He has brought me happiness

Dance, children, all night long

My youngest daughter is getting married

What a great joy, you're the queen, I'm the king

Oy oy oy, I have seen with my own eyes

How G-d has given me success

My youngest daughter is getting married

Itsik, you rascal, why are you grinning silently?

Yell at the musicians, are they playing,

Are they sleeping? Rip the strings in two2,

My youngest daughter is getting married

Asik, Masik, grandma's dancing the "kosik"3

"No evil eye"4, look, oh look,

How she taps, how she steps

What a happiness, what a joy,

My youngest daughter is getting married

The good uncle Yossi,

The good auntie Sossye,

For the wedding meal

The expensive wines on the table

They have sent to me from the Land of Israel

My youngest daughter is getting married

Motl, Shimen, the poor people are here

Set the best table for them,

Expensive wine and expensive fish,

Oy, my daughter, give me a kiss,

My youngest daughter is getting married

1. Referring to circle dance, commonly found at Jewish weddings.2. As in: playing so fervently that the strings of the violins rip.3. Referring to "Cossack dance".4. "Keyn Ayn-hore" is a common Yiddish expression, literally meaning "no evil eye", and is used to ward off the evil eye, in this case to keep grandma in good health.

• Artist:Zupfgeigenhansel