Shloflid

Shlof, mayn kind, nekhome mayne,

shlof shoyn ayn, genug dir veynen.

Farshteyst, in shlof iz di velt dokh dayne,

iz vos zhe darfstu veynen?

Farmakh di eygelekh un shlof khotsh tsu zet,

her, vi es roysht der vald!

In shlof iz nishto keyn has, keyn geshpet,

in shlof vet dir zayn oykh nisht kalt.

Shlof, mayn tayers, un shmeykhl, mayn kind,

der taykh vet dir zingen zayn lid.

Shlof ayn, vet dir zingen fun glik der vint,

fun sheynem friling vos blit.

Shlof ayn, mayn gold, un farges vos dikh shmartst,

vi trib s'iz far dir der tog.

Di nakht iz likhtik, ven der kholem dikh hartst --

to shlof, mayn lebn, shlof.