Nie zhurite khloptsy
chto s nami budet
my poyedem na korchomku
tam i vodka budet

s’iz nishto keyn nekhtn
s’nokh nishto der morgn
s’iz nokh do a bisinke haynt
shtert im nit mit zorgn

khapt arayn a mashke
kolzman ir zint bam lebn
mirtseshem af yener velt
vet men aykh nisht gebn


yesterday is buried,
there is no tomorrow,
here is but ephemeral bliss,
ruin it not with sorrow.

grab yourself a bottle,
while you still can swallow
you won't cop a single drop
in the world to follow.

brothers wail and howl
let your beards be wild
that's the way to dance away
sorrow and exile

tantsuytse khloptsy
nye zhaleytse laptsi
yesli eti porvatsi
batska novi kupitsi

hulyet hulyet, brider
varft mit bord un poles
ot azoy, ot azoy
tantst a yid in goles*

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А теперь пора нам
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