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Weary Sun Tango

from Live From Brooklyn by Isle of Klezbos

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about

Born into a famous family of Warsaw Jewish musicians, Jerzy Petersburski composed several tunes which helped set off the tango craze in Poland. This poignant melody was first a hit as “To ostatnia niedziela” (The Last Sunday), with a Russian recording released in 1936 as “Utomlyonnoe Solntse.” The lyrics of the 1933 Polish original describe a pair of lovers about to part forever after one last tryst. The ‘36 remake tells a similar story and became a ubiquitous nostalgic classic, later featured on numerous Soviet film soundtracks, notably Yuri Norstein’s 1979 animated masterpiece Skazka Skazok (Tale of Tales), as well as Nikita Mikhalkov’s eponymous feature (translated commercially as “Burnt by the Sun”) and Krzysztof Kie ́slowski’s Polish feature White, both released in 1994. These Yiddish lyrics were learned from an online video, as sung by an unnamed Odessan woman; alas, this YouTube version has since vanished from the Internet. Thanks to Yelena Shmulenson for referring us to this gem, and for her transcription and translation of these lyrics, which closely follow the Russian version; and to Yuri Vedenyapin, whose verse
made us wonder.

lyrics

YIDDISH lyrics:
S’hot di zun oysgemidt zikh,
Mitn yam zikh gezegnt.
Nisht geven vos tsu fregn, / Di libe’z oys.
Es bafalt mir an umet.
Fun di reyd oysgetserter
Un ikh her dayne verter
Mit shmerts un vey.
Hot nit kayn fardros beys der tsesheydung.
Beyde zaynen shuldik – du un ikh.

TRANSLATION to English:
The sun has grown weary, / Said goodbye to the sea.
There was nothing left to ask, / The love’s gone out.

A sorrow befalls me. / Wasted from the talking, / I hear your words with pain and woe.
There should be no resentment in this parting. / Both of us are guilty—you and I.

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from Live From Brooklyn, released April 8, 2014
Weary Sun Tango
composer: Jerzy Petersburski, arranged by Eve Sicular & Isle of Klezbos

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Isle of Klezbos New York, New York

NYC-based ISLE of KLEZBOS approaches tradition with irreverence and respect. The soulful, fun-loving powerhouse all-women’s klezmer sextet has toured from Vienna to Vancouver since 1998. Repertoire ranges from rambunctious to entrancing: neo-traditional folk dance, mystical melodies,Yiddish swing & retro tango, late Soviet-era Jewish drinking song, re-grooved standards, & genre-defying originals. ... more

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