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If I only had wings, I would fly to you… If I had chains, I would pull you to me… Just open up my heart, you’ll see that it’s dark and heavy with my love to you…
Late last night, we wanted to capture the intimacy and quiet sparkle of this old song … Hope it brings you a moment of peace and loveliness… This is a Yiddish folk song from a songbook collected by the great ethnomusicologist Moishe Beregovski. Performed by Inna (voice) & Ljova (viola)
Translation from Yiddish:
If I had wings, I would fly to you
And if I had chains, I would pull you to me
On that side of the river, on that side of the bank
The boughs are bent
There, there stands my sweetheart with tearful eyes
Oh stop weeping, stop wailing
You will accomplish nothing with tears
Open up my heart - you’ll see that it’s black
You’ll […]

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