Mayn ershte groyse freyd,

di krishtolene likht fun dem zal.

Dayn ershte lange kleyd,

ongeton hostu tsum ershtn bal.

Eyn sheynkeyt yene nakht,

vel ikh shoyn nisht fargesn keyn mol,

ikh gedenkt dos haynt,

host aroysgeshaynt,

in dem zal shendelir fun krishtol

Mayn ershtn tants bay dir,

hot farlangt yeder bokher in zal,

nor du geshenkt host mir,

ershtn tants, ershtn vals fun dem bal.

A shtoltser ful mit frey,

hob ikh dikh unter orem gefirt,

in dayn vayse kleyd hostu likht gesphreyt

vi a keynign bal host batsirt.

Din gevebt elegants,

vi geshvebt in dem tants.

Tsu mayn harts hostu zikh gedrikt,

mikh mit grester freyd baglikt.

Glik dergantst grandiez,

un du tantst gratsiez.

Vi farkisheft drey ikh zikh,

s'iz mekane yeder mikh.

Mayn keynign fun bal,

du aleyn bist geven yene nakht.

Dayn blik vi zunenshtral,

s'ershte glik in mayn lebn gebrakht.

Oysleshn vet keyn mol,

fun dayn oyg shendelir fun krishtol.

Brengst mir zunenshayn,

eybik vestu zayn,

sheynste keynign fun ershte bal.

My first great joy

The crystal-light of the room.

Your first long dress

You put on for the first ball.

A beautiful night

That I will never forget.

I remember now

How the chandelier

Lit up the room.

My first dance with you,

Every young man in the hall longed for

But only to me did you give

The first dance, first waltz in the ball.

A proud man full of joy,

I led you arm in arm

In your white dress you radiated light

Like a queen you were the adornment of the ball.

You are dressed elegently

As you float through the dance

You have driven to my heart

And brought me the greatest enjoyment

Complete happiness

And you dance graciously

Like enchanted I turn and turn

and I am the envy of all.

You alone have been

My queen of the ball that night.

Your gaze like sunrays

Has brought me my first joy.

Never will extinguish from your eye

The crystal chandelier.

You bring me sunshine,

You shall be eternal,

Most beautiful queen of the first ball.