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Text:ale mentshn zaynen brider
Author:I. L. Perec
Tune:HYMN TO JOY
Composer:Ludwig van Beethoven

591. ale mentshn zaynen brider

Ale mentshn zaynen brider, broyne, gele, shvartse, vayse,
Felker, lender, un klimatn, s'iz an oysgetrakhte mayse.
Vayse, shvartse, broyne, gele, misht di farbn oystsuzamen!
Ale mentshn zaynen brider, fun eyn tatn, fun eyn mamen.

Text Information
First Line: ale mentshn zaynen brider
Author: I. L. Perec
Language: Yiddish; Yiddish (YIVO transliteration)
Scripture:
Topic: Unity of Humankind
Tune Information
Name: HYMN TO JOY
Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven (1824)
Source: in 9th Symphony


Text Information:

Graphics file of Yiddish text in YIVO orthography
See Esperanto translation, #78


Media
MIDI file: Hymn to Joy (2)
More media are available on the tune authority page.

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