Okay, Yiddish.
May' ershter shprakh iz Yiddish.
Ikh red nokh Yiddish tsu may' mame, mayn tate, may' schvester--
Na, nisht mayn' shvester--
may' brider
Um...
Ikh bin geboyren in Williamsberg,
Nisht--
Nisht di Williamsberg vos yede' vays' yetst,
Di ershte, the original.
lakht
Um...
Ikh hob gelernt Inglish ven ikh begangn in school.
Shule
an, uh...
Tsu mikh, Yiddish iz a shprakh...
vos--
yes a sakh, a sakh Yiddishe kinder redn nisht di shprakh mer--
Di ekhter frime, di Satmere, di Bobever,
di Khasidishe kinder redn es
ober dem, a fil in mayne mishpukha
di yingere kinder redn nisht es mer
nur may' eltere brider
un Ikh redn Yiddish.
Di andere, shvester un brider, redn nisht Yiddish.
Mayn tate red' Yiddish
Nur maysnz Yiddish
An may' mame redt ziben, ziben shprakhn
Ober ven zi redt tsu mikh, oder tsu may' bobe
oder tu ir brider
Zi redt Yiddish
Um...
Vos nokh ken Ikh getell zogn vegn Yiddish
Um...
Ven Ikh gey onkoyfn in Viliamsberg
Di mentshn in di geshefter fregn mikh
Vi azoy Ikh ken redn azoy Yiddish?
Fun vi, fun vi kimekh?