Shlof zhe mir shoyn, Yankele mayn sheyner! Di eygelekh di shvartsinke, makh tsu! A yingele vos hot shoyn ale tseyndlekh Muz nokh di mame zingen ayliuliu!
A yingele vos hot shoyn ale tseyndlekh Un vet mit mazl bald in kheyder geyn Un lernen vet er khumesh un gemore Zol veynen ven di mame vigt im ayn!
A yingele vos lernt vet gemore Or shteyt der tate, kvelt un hert im tsu A yingele vos vakst a talmid khokhem Lozt gantse nekht di mame nisht tsu ru!
A yingele vos vakst a talmid kokhem Un a geniter soykher oykh tsu glaych A yingele, a kluger khosn bokher Zol lign azoy nas vi in taykh!
Nu shlof zhe mir, mayn kluger khosn bokher Dervayl ligstu in vigele bay mir! S'vet kostn nokh fil mames trern Bit vanen s'vet mentsh aroys fun dir!
Shlof zhe mir shoyn...
На английском:
Go to sleep, Yankele, my little one! Close your little dark eyes! A little boy who's got all his teeth, Yet his mother still has to sing "ayluli" to him!
A little boy who's got all his teeth, And with some luck will soon go to school, And he'll study the Bible and the Talmud, Yet he cries when his mother rocks him to sleep!
A young boy who's already learning the Talmud, Here stands his father full of pride, A young boy who's growing up to be a man of learning, Shouldn't he let his mother rest at night?
A young boy growing up to be a man of learning, And a clever businessman, A young boy, already a handsome bridegroom And yet he's as wet as a stream!
Go to sleep now, my handsome bridgeroom, For now, lie near me in the cot. Many tears will mother shed Before you become a man!