Ver bashikt un bahirmt dos kind,
Vi dos shvartzapfl fun oyg?
Ver shloft nit durkh di lange nekht.
Ven es filt ir kind zikh shlekht?
Af dem tzu entfern iz nit shver,
Un ye1der veys gevis.
Der nomen is undz zeyer tayer:
A mamenyu dos iz.
Refrain:
A yidishe mame,
Zi makht dokh zis di gantze velt,
(ALTERNATE:Es gibt nit beser in der velt)
A yidishe mame,
Oy vey, vi bitter, ven zi felt,
Ir darft dokh danken Got,
Vos ir hot ir nokh ba zikh.
Oy vey, vi troyerik es iz.
Ven zi geyt avek tzu gikh
In vaser un fayer
Vilt zi gelofn far yikh kind.
Nisht haltn ir tayer,
Dos is gevis di greste zind.
Oy vi gliklekh un raykh
Iz der mentch, vos hot
Aza sheyne matone geshenkt fun Got,
Aza altinke yidishe mame,
Mame mayn!
Ver gliklekh iz nor vi a mame,
Ven dos kind af di fis zikh shtelt?
Ver sholem vil nor, vi a mame,
Zol shaynen af der velt?
Es zoln bombes mer nit shrekn,
Iz ir grester vuns.
A mame vil, dos kind zol vaksn
Un zol zayn gezunt.