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ikh vil aykh zugn eyn zakh
in ikh zug ikh bin gerekht
a mentsh vus hot im keyn mazl nisht
es miz im zayn zeyer shlekht
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in fremde lender furn mir
glikn dortn zikhn
ober s’helfnt nisht ven shlimazl
hoybt dir nukh tsi krikhn
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oy, vey, shlimazl, oy, vey, shlimazl
di kenst dir gurnit helfn ven di host kayn mazl
kenst nisht antloyfn, kayn glik nit koyfn
ven dus shlimazl yugt dikh shtendik nukh
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mayn hafraynt hot gehat a shlekhte vayb
in zi iz fin im avek
zayn simkhe iz geveyzn groys
zayn tsures iz shoyn an ek
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a vokh shpeyter tref ikh im
a sof iz shoyn tsi zayn glik
zayn vaybl hot kharute gekrign
in zi hot gekert tsirik
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dus heyst shlimazl, oy, vey, shlimazl
er kenisht gurnit helfn, er hot kayn mazl
kenst nisht antloyfn, kayn glik nit koyfn
ven dus shlimazl yugt dikh shtendik nukh
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oder, tsim bayshpil, zeyer groyser urem man
vus nor deym hinger filt
far letsn gelt koyft er a tsetl
oyf loteri er shpilt
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der raykher khotsh er hot a sakh
gevint in hot nokh mer
in urem man khotsh shtark er vilt
bay dem dales nebekh blaybt er
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vayl dus heyst shlimazl, oy, vey, shlimazl
er kenisht gurnit helfn, er hot kayn mazl
kenst nisht antloyfn, kayn glik nit koyfn
ven dus shlimazl yugt dikh shtendik nukh
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a bukher hot a shidekh getun
s‘hot oysgeredt nisht za’an
a kale a miese in a kleyne
nor mit a groysn nadan
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far der khipe vus iz gesheyn
nisht gedakht far kayn shim yidn
di kale iz fin im antloyfn
in baym nadn er iz nor farblibn
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dus heyst...ah..ah…mazl, ot dus heyst mazl
er darft zikh gurnisht zorgn vayl er hot dus mazl
darft nisht antloyfn, zayn glik nisht koyfn
vayl dus mazl yugt im shtendik nukh
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oy, hot er mazl, ot hot er mazl
er darft zikh gurnisht zorgn vayl er hot dus mazl
darft nisht antloyfn, zayn glik nisht koyfn
vayl dus mazl yugt im shtendik nukh
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TRANSLATION
by Arye Menachem
MISFORTUNE
I will tell you just one thing
So that I am understood
A man who’s down on his luck
His life is not that good.

We go all around the world
Searching for our luck
But when misfortune comes around
You feel you are stuck.

Yes, unlucky, yes, unlucky
Nothing helps when you can’t get lucky
There’s no cure, can’t luck procure
When misfortune is always on your tail.

My friend has got a real nasty wife,
And she ran away from him.
He was happy, full of joy
His life was no longer grim.

In a week we met again.
His happiness is gone.
His wife was overcome with guilt.
Yesterday she came back at dawn.

Yes, he’s unlucky, yes, unlucky
He can do nothing now, he is unlucky
There’s no cure, can’t luck procure
When misfortune is always on your tail

Or take, for instance, a real poor man,
Who’s hungry all his days.
With hope he gets a few cents
And lottery he plays.

The rich guy, who’s already packed,
Wins and has even more,
And the poor man who needs it so,
Just he stays pauper as before.

‘Cause he’s unlucky, yes, unlucky
He can do nothing now, he is unlucky
There’s no cure, can’t luck procure
When misfortune is always on your tail.

I know a guy who arranged a match,
Signed contract really fast.
The bride to be was so ugly and mean
With dowry truly large vast.

Before the wedding, what took place,
From such shame we should not know,
The bride has ran away from him.
He’s left with dowry alone.

He is just un..ah..ah..he is so lucky, he’s so lucky.
He has no worries since he is now so lucky.
Needs no cure, luck to procure
When good fortune is always on his tail.