PIRATE MAX

BETHEMA

Let Me Take My Time

Jewish modes and jazz sensibility in 5/4.  Gorgeous solos by Max Forster, Trumpet and Graham Cambell, Guitar.

IF/THEN

Text: Moshe-Leib Halpern;  Music: Leibu Levin
English Translation: Hadassah Haskale
Lyrics:
Di zun vet aruntergeyn hintern barg,
vet kumen a shtile di libe tsu geyn;
vet kumen a shtile di libe tsu geyn
tsum umet, vos zitst oyf a goldenem shteyn
un veynt far zikh eynem aleyn,
tsum umet, vos zitst oyf a goldenem shteyn
un veynt far zikh eynem aleyn.
 
Di zun vet aruntergeyn hintern barg,
vet kumen di goldene pave tsu flien;
vet kumen di goldene pave tsu flien,
un mitnemen vet zi undz ale ahin,
ahin vu di benkshaft vet tsien,
un mitnemen vet zi undz ale ahin,
ahin vu di benkshaft vet tsien.
 
Di zun vet aruntergeyn hintern barg,
vet kumen di nakht un vet zingen lyu-lyu;
vet kumen di nakht un vet zingen lyu-lyu
ariber di oygn, vos faln shoyn tsu
tsu shlofn in eybiker ru,
ariber di oygn, vos faln shoyn tsu
tsu shlofn in eybiker ru.
 
The Sun will be Setting
The sun will be setting behind the mountain,
In silence approaching then love will come softly;
In silence approaching then love will come softly
To sorrow, that sits on a golden stone
And weeps for itself all alone,
To sorrow, that sits on a golden stone
And weeps for itself all alone.
 
The sun will be setting behind the mountain,
Then the golden peacock will come flying;
Then the golden peacock will come flying
To carry us all over there where she's been,
Where our longing ushers us in,
To carry us all over there where she's been,
Where our longing ushers us in.
 
The sun will be setting behind the mountain,
Then night will be coming and singing lu-lu;
Then night will be coming and singing lu-lu
Over the eyes about to close
In sleep of eternal repose,
Over the eyes about to close
In sleep of eternal repose.
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Di Zun Vet Aruntergeyn (The Sun Will Set)

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