С альбома "Duz gezang fin Geto Lodzh - Song of the Lodz Ghetto" (2005)
(music and text: trad., Arrg. Michael Alpert, Akan Bern/
text: unknown, transmitted by Max Nurenberg via Cantor Samuel Kelemer)

Музыканты:
Alan Bern – musical director, accordion, piano;
Michael Alpert – vocals, fiddle; 
Kurt Bjorling – clarinet, bass clarinet;
Stuart Brotman – bass, cello, cymbalom, fiddle
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Ver klapt du azoy?

Ver klapt du azoy  shpeyt banakht?
Yankele Bulantshik
Efn, efn, Brontshele
Ikh bin dokh dayn kokhantshik

Vi ken ikh dir efenen
Kh’ob moyre far deym tatn
Efn, efn, Brontshele
S’vet dir gur nisht shatn

Ktoz tam stuka pózno noca
Jankele Bulanczyk
Otwierz, otwierz, Bronczale,
Ja jeztem twój kochanczyk

Vi ken ikh dir efenen
Kh’ob moyre far der mamen
Efn, efn, Brontshele
In lomir zayn tsizamen

Geto varyant

Ver klapt du azoy shpeyt banakht?
Es klapt di geto hinger
Efn, efn, a provizatsyele
S’vet mir vern gringer

Vi ken ikh dir efenen
Kh’ob moyre far deym altn
Efn, efn, a provizatsyele
Ikh vel es git banaltn

Ver klapt du azoy shpeyt banakht?
Es klapt di geto laydn
Dray yur in geto 
Yetst miz men zikh tseshaydn
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Who’s knocking there?

Who’s knocking there so late at night?
It’s Yankele Bulantshik
Open up, Brontshele
I’m your lover

How can I open up?
I’m afraid of my father
Open up, Brontshele
No harm [bad word] to you

Who’s knocking there so late at night? ...

How can I openup?
I’m afraid of my mother
Open up, Brontshele
And let us be together

Ghetto Version 

Who’s knocking there so late at night?
It’s hunger striking the ghetto
Open, open a food storehouse
And make things easier for me

How can I open up?
I’m afraid of the old man [bad word] 
Open, open a food storehouse
I’ll hide it well

Who’s knocking there so late at night?
It’s suffering hunger striking the ghetto
Three years in the ghetto
Now we must part