#'oh you want this song in Yiddish? then I'm afraid you'll have to deal with some more Yiddishkeit in it too'
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The fundamental difference between Fiddler on the Roof and Fidler Afn Dakh:
English Tevye: Tradition!
Yiddish Tevye: Got iz a foter un heylik iz zayn toyre!
#cannot stress enough that there was a literal translation with the exact same number of syllables readily available!!#sometimes lyric changes are necessary in translations for reasons of rhythm or rhyme#but in this case the translator just went#'oh you want this song in Yiddish? then I'm afraid you'll have to deal with some more Yiddishkeit in it too'#and i'm so glad of it#dandelion says#fiddler on the roof#yiddish#yiddish fiddler on the roof#jumblr#jewish dandelion#I really need to get fluent in Yiddish so I can follow all of the lyrics
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