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about
Dzhankoye (the Yiddish name of the North Crimean town of Dzhankoy / Cankoy) first appeared in the 30's (authors unknown, allegedly Itzik Fefer and Moisey Beregovskiy) as a Soviet propaganda song encouraging the Jews to settle in the area and join the agricultural colonies there (Dzhankoy, Kalinindorf, etc.). That came before the idea of the Jewish Autonomous Oblast in the Far East.
In 2014, following Russia's aggression against Ukraine and annexation of the Crimea, Zisl Slepovitch created the first variant of his original / alternative text to this song. The second / final revision came in 2022, as an immediate response to Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine.
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lyrics
1 Az men fort kayn Sevastopol,
Iz nit vayt fun Simferopol,
Zet men dort dos okupirte land.
Vi es shteyt in'm altn lid,
Yeder yid hot gor shtark lib
Di shtot Dzhankoye, dzhan, dzhan dzhan
(2) Enfert yidn af mayn kashe,
Vu'z mayn bruder, vu'z Abrashe?
S'geyt ba im der tank vi a ban.
Er kemft far Ukraine libe,
Far di zeydes-bobes griber.
Shteyt er af zayn eybikn Maydan.
Zoln visn ale sonim,
Rotskhim, merders un talyonim
Az Abrashe iz dokh nit aleyn.
Di vos libn zeyer land—
Nemen biksn in der rekhter hant
In di enge reyen ale shteyen.
REFRAIN
(3) Vet men kemfn, vet men hofn,
in ergets vet men nit antlofn,
Darf men nit keyn Putinland.
Sonim varfn bombes, mines,
Ober lebt nokh Ukraine,
Ale mentshn shteyen nokhanand.
S’lebn unter okupatsye
'z nit keyn yontef, keyn vakatsye,
Vil Abrashe lebn in zayn land.
Me't bagrisn fraynt, turistn,
Nit banditn-aferistn,
In Dzhankoye-dzhan-dzhan-dzhan.
REFRAIN.
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ENGLISH:
1. When you go to Sevastopol,
Which isn't far from Simferopol,
You see the occupied land.
As the old song goes,
Every Jew loves to bits
the town of Dzhankoy, dzhan, dzhan, dzhan!
2. Fellows, answer my question:
Where's my brother, where's Abrasha?
His tank is going like a train!
He is fighting for beloved Ukraine
For his grandparents' tombs.
He stands on his eternal Maidan (Freedom place).
May all the enemies know,
All the murderers and hangmen,
That Abrasha is not alone.
Those who love their homeland,
Grab rifles in their right hand,
In tight rows they stand.
REFRAIN.
3. They will fight, they will hope,
They won't run off anywhere,
They don't need Putinland.
The enemies throw bombs and landmines
But Ukraine is still alive,
All people stand united.
Life under occupation
Is neither a holiday nor a vacation.
Abrasha wants to live in his own country.
They will welcome friends and tourists,
Not bandits nor fraudsters
In Dzhankoy, dzhan-dzhan-dzhan.
REFRAIN.
credits
released April 19, 2022
D. Zisl Slepovitch (lyrics, vocals, keyboard, clarinet, arrangement); Ilya Shneyveys (guitars, drums, co-arranger).
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