אָן צאָרן, אָן ליבע on tsorn, on libe

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adapted from "un tiro 22", from the mejía godoy brothers' 1979 album "guitarra armada", which was a contribution to the insurrection that brought down the somoza family's u.s.-backed dictatorship in nicaragua.

the original song is a midrash on this account from a fighter, describing the difference between those fighting for liberation (even with inadequate tools) and professional soliders fighting for pay:

“Compa, fíjese que en ese momento, cuando estalló la cuestión, no pude conseguir una ametralladora. No tuve más remedio que fajarme con este riflito 22. Pero viera usted, compa. Así como lo ve, todo humildito... efectivo el rifle! Enemigo que se asomaba, enemigo que me volaba.”

“Comrade, imagine that at that moment, when the question was called, I couldn’t get hold of a machine gun. The only answer was to work hard with this little .22 rifle. But you should have seen it, comrade! It’s just as you see it, meek and humble... but the rifle’s effective! Each enemy that peeked out was an enemy blown away.”

lyrics

a biksl, tsvey un tsvantsik
vos shist
fun dem ershtn harts af der ine

git af der shayle

an entfer klerer
vi di koyln
oysgevorfn
on tsorn, on libe

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a rifle, a .22
that you shoot
when your heart's first under torture

gives the question

a clearer answer
than bullets
spat out
without sorrow, without love

credits

released November 24, 2020
vocals, RC-505, arrangement, translation: rosza daniel lang/levitsky [2018-2020]
melody, original lyrics: carlos & luis enrique mejía godoy [1978-1979]

special thanks: josh waletzky, gil joseph.

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soroke | voron Brooklyn, New York

experiments from the bedroom. old & new songs in yiddish.

עקספּערימענטן פֿון אַ שלאָפֿ־צימער. נײַע און אַלטע לידער אַף מאַמע־לאָשן.

rosza daniel lang/levitsky
ראָזעלע זושוק האַלעװי

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