Song information On this page you can read the lyrics of the song The Broken Tongue , by - Daniel Kahn. Song from the album The Broken Tongue, in the genre Музыка мираRelease date: 13.01.2011
Record label: Oriente Musik OHG
Song language: English
The Broken Tongue |
| Now you who gather joyfully beneath the festive lights |
| And warm each other soulfully with all of your delight |
| Take not too much comfort in this song |
| For what you choose to elevate from what was cast below |
| Is but the tidal whimsy of the seas you do not know |
| & may well turn asunder before long |
| A beauteous sound, a diamond I have found |
| A diamond I have found beneath the snow |
| Buried in the ground, 'neath a ruddy mound |
| 'Neath a ruddy mound where nothing grows |
| The guests are almost ready for the dancing to begin |
| They’ve come to toast the wedding between Zion & Berlin |
| So raise a glass up to the bride & groom |
| But don’t confuse the Deutsch & Yiddish, nor the night & day |
| & if a Kaddish sounds like Kiddush, bow your head & pray |
| We never step upon the glass too soon |
| A shayn gesang, an oytser far a klang |
| An oytser far a klang, vi fun a khupe |
| Tsespaltn fun a shverd, bagrobn tif in drerd unter der kupe |
| So weigh your fortune carefully when prophesy reveals |
| That decadence & revelry can undermine your zeal |
| & turn the prophesy upon its ear |
| For in the dying embers of a century of blood |
| Is all we must remember to avoid the coming flood |
| Of prophesies we all refuse to hear |
| For singing broken melodies to songs in broken tongues |
| Cannot erase the memory of bells already rung |
| Nor can it unring the ones we hear |
| So let the broken birds return upon their painted wings |
| & let the broken words be burned unto the songs we sing |
| Till every note is new unto our ears |
| A beauteous sound, a diamond I have found |
| A diamond I have found beneath the snow |
| Buried in the ground, 'neath a ruddy mound |
| 'Neath a ruddy mound where nothing grows |