Моя младшенькая уже несколько лет как увлекается идишем (а теперь занялась им профессионально) и часто приносит всякие интересные идишские песни. Особенно интересно, когда песни современные, а не перепетые старые.

Вот хасидская песня — или, скорее, речитатив — под названием Motivation for the Nation, «Мотивация для народа». Есть, оказывается, такой жанр мотивационных песней, когда в трудную минуту нужно что-то духоподъёмное.

То, что песня хасидская, не удивительно: хасиды — подавляющее число современных носителей идиша. Песня написана на живом языке, на котором говорят хасиды в Нью-Йорке, который, кроме особенностей произношения и словарного состава, отличается свободным вкраплением английских слов и выражений.

di bist unstoppable
di bist unshakable
di bist a champion


Ну а во-вторых, мне показалось интересным, насколько песня полна универсальным гуманистическим посылом с минимальным количеством отсылок к иудаизму.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gtGghobEy94





Текст на идише инкопорирован в видео, а вот транслитерация и перевод на английский.

lomir dir zogn a zakh tsvay vegn dir — kenst es hern nokh a mol un nokh a mol
Let me tell you a couple of things about yourself — you can listen to it again and again.
di host koykhes
You have strength,
di host power
You have power,
di host nisht kayn limit
You have no limits.
gornisht shtelt zikh nisht op
Nothing can stop you.
kayner in der ganster velt ken dikh nisht stopn
No one in the entire world can stop you.
di gayst vayter
You keep going,
di faytst
You keep fighting,
di gebst kayn mol nisht of
You never give up.
s’iz nishto aza zakh stopn
There is no such thing as stopping.
di bist unstoppable
You are unstoppable,
di bist unshakable
You are unshakable,
di bist a champion
You are a champion,
di bist a keynig
You are a king,
di bist a layb
You are a lion.
di shnatshdike
You tear it up,
di tist di beste di shenste un di greste vos di kenst
You do the best, the most beautiful, and the greatest that you can do.
nothing can stop you, nothing!
Nothing can stop you, nothing!


kayner in der gantser velt ken nisht replacen dayn ideas mit dayne challenges
No one in the entire world can replace your ideas with your challenges.
s’iz nor gemakht far dir, un exactly far dir
It’s made just for you, exactly for you.
di tist es fully mit dayn gante harts moyekh un neshome
You do it fully with all your heart, mind, and soul.
di bist di beste vos di kenst zayn — 2.0!
You are the best you can be — 2.0!
di bist a sample for humanity
You are a sample for humanity,
di tust vos di host ekht lib tsi tin
You do what you truly love to do,
di tust vos di trakhst un fi filst
You do what you think and feel.
di bist geboyrn gevorn far dem
You were born for this.
di bist creative
You are creative,
di bist positive
You are positive,
di bist ekht fraylekh
You are always happy,
di host es by far
You have it by far.
di bist limited edition
You are limited edition,
di host a vision
You have a vision,
di bist klor
You are clear,
di bist focused
You are focused.
ales vos di tist iz productive and effective
Everything you do is productive and effective,
di bist arayngetuned
You are tuned in,
di bist arayngechecked
You are checked in,
di bist connected
You are connected.
di bist a perfect expression of nature
You are a perfect expression of nature.
di dankst
You give thanks,
di bist grateful
You are grateful,
di zogst shkoyakh
You say “Sh’koyakh” (thank you).
shkoyakh hayliker bashefer far ale gite zakhn
Thank you, holy Creator, for all the good things,
shkoyakh far mayne koykhes
Thank you for my strength,
shkoyakh far mayn lebn
Thank you for my life,
shkoyakh far mayn mishpukhe
Thank you for my family,
shkoyakh far mayne khaveyrim
Thank you for my friends,
shkoyakh far mikh alayn
Thank you for myself,
shkoyakh far mayn gif
Thank you for my body,
shkoyakh far mayn gezint
Thank you for my health,
shkoyakh far mayne mikhshuves mit mayne gefiln
Thank you for my thoughts and my feelings,
shkoyakh farn mikh firn
Thank you for guiding me,
shkoyakh far mayne talantn
Thank you for my talents,
shkoyakh farn mikh gebn ales vos ikh darf
Thank you for giving me everything I need,
shkoyakh far mikh helfn gayn vayter
Thank you for helping me go farther,
shkoyakh far ales vos ikh gay bakumen
Thank you for everything I will receive,
shkoyakh far the future
Thank you for the future,
shkoyakh farn kenen zogn shkoyakh
Thank you for the ability to say “Sh’koyakh.”
shkoyakh far rayze in yidishland
Thank you for the journey into Yiddishland.
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