פֿאָרן

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Yiddish

Etymology

From Middle High German varen, from Old High German faran, from Proto-West Germanic *faran, from Proto-Germanic *faraną. Compare German fahren and English fare.

Verb

פֿאָרן (forn) (past participle געפֿאָרן (geforn))

  1. to ride, drive, travel (to go by vehicle or animal)
    • Rozhinkes mit Mandlen (Yiddish folk lullaby):
      אונטער ייִדעלע׳ס וויגעלע / שטייט אַ קלאָר־ווײַס ציגעלע. / דאָס ציגעלע איז געפֿאָרן האַנדלען. / דאָס וועט זײַן דײַן באַרוף, / ראָזשינקעס מיט מאַנדלען. / שלאָף־זשע, ייִדעלע, שלאָף.
      unter yidele's vigele / shteyt a klor-vays tsigele. / dos tsigele iz geforn handlen. / dos vet zayn dayn baruf, / rozhinkes mit mandlen. / shlof-zhe, yidele, shlof.
      Under Yidele's cradle / Stands a little clear-white goat. / The little goat has traveled to trade . / This will be your job, too. / raisins and almonds, / Sleep now, Yidele, sleep.
    • 1936, Yiddle with His Fiddle (film)
      איבער פֿעלדער וועגן אויף אַ וואָגן היי / מיט ווינט און זון און רעגן פֿאָרן קלעזמער צוויי
      iber felder vegn oyf a vogn hey / mit vint un zun un regn forn klezmer tsvey
      Traveling over fields on a wagon of hay, / In wind and sun and rain ride two klezmorim.

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