Daniel Kahn & The Painted Bird
Arbeter Froyen
Arbeter froyen, laydnde froyen!
Froyen, vos shmakhtn in hoyz un fabrik
Vos shteyt ir fun vaytn? vos helft ir nit boyen
Dem templ fun frayhayt, fun mentshlekhn glik?

Helft undz trogn dem baner dem roytn
Forverts, durkh shturem, durkh finstere nekht!
Helft undz vorhayt un likht tsu farshpreytn
Tsvishn umvisende, elente knekht!

Hardworking women, Arbeiterinnen
Women who labor in factories and homes
Join in the fight for it’s only beginning
And no one should stand in the struggle alone

Let us all carry the reg flag together
Weathering storms in the dark of the night
Building a temple of freedom forever
Helping each other to carry the light

Ya da dai dai etc

How many daughters, sisters, and mothers
Have given their lives for the things they believe?
Mighty as lions they fight for each other
For freedom and justice and equality
We’ll carry the banner as sisters and brothers
Waking the world to the light of the day
As friends and companions, as comrades and lovers
Arbeter froyen, show us the way

Helft undz di velt fun ir shmuts tsu derheybn!
Ales opfern, vos undz iz lib
Kemfn tsuzamen, vi mekhtike leybn
Far frayhayt, far glaykhhayt, far undzer printsip!

Ya da dai dai ect