Lyrics Arbetlosemarsch - Zupfgeigenhansel

Arbetlosemarsch

Ejns,
tswej,
draj,
fir,
arbetlose senen mir, (we are the unemployed)
nischt gehert chadoschim lang (for months we haven’t heard)
in farbrik dem hammer-klang, (the sound of the hammers in the factory)
's lign kejlim kalt, fargesn, (Tools are lying cold and forgotten)
's nemt der sschawer sej schoj fresn (In the end the rust will eat them)
gejen mir arum in gas, (We're strolling along the streets)
wi di gewirim pust-un-pas, (like important people, idling around.)
wi di gewirim pust-un-pas.
(like important people, idling around.)
Ejns,
tswej,
draj,
fir,
arbetlos senen mir, (we are the unemployed)
on a beged, on a hejm, (without clothes, without a home)
undser bet is erd un lejm, (our bed is earth and mud)
hat noch wer wos tsu genisn (If someone has still something to eat)
tajt men sich mit jedn bisn, (we share every bite of it)
waser wi di g’wirim wajn (water, like the rich people do with wine)
gisn mir in sich arajn, (we pour into ourselves)
gisn mir in sich arajn.
(we pour into ourselves)
Ejns,
tswej,
draj,
fir,
arbetlose senen mir, (we are the unemployed)
jorn lang gearbet, schwer, (We have worked hard for years)
un geschaft alts mer un mer, (always building more and more)
hajser, schleser schtet un lender (houses palaces towns an' countries)
far a hojfele farschwebder.
(for a bunch of prodigals)
Unser lojn derfar is woa?
(what is our reward for that?)
Hunger, nojt un arbetlos, (Hunger, needy and unemployed!)
Hunger, nojt un arbetlos.
(Hunger, needy and unemployed!)
Ejns,
tswej,
draj,
fir,
ot asoj marschirn mir, (and therefore we are marching)
arbetlose, trit noch trit, (Unemployed men, step by step)
un mir singe sich a lid (and we sing ourselves a song)
fun a land, a weit a naje, (of a new country, world, a new one)
wu es lebn mentschn fraje, (where free people live)
Arbetlos is kejn schum hant, (Nobody is unemployed anymore)
in dem najen fajen land, (in the new free country)
in dem najen fajen land.
(in the new free country)