Смысл текста песни "Matchmaker" исполнителя "Fiddler On The Roof (мюзикл)"

[HODEL, spoken:]

Tzeitel, you're the oldest. Yente has to make a match for you before she can make one for me.

[TZEITEL, spoken:]

Oh Yente, Yente!

[HODEL, spoken:]

Well, somebody has to arrange the matches. Young people can't decide these things for themselves.

[CHAVA, spoken:]

Well, she might bring someone wonderful—

[HODEL, spoken:]

Someone interesting—

[CHAVA, spoken:]

And well off—

[HODEL, spoken:]

And important—

Matchmaker, matchmaker

Make me a match

Find me a find

Catch me a catch

Matchmaker, matchmaker

Look through your book

And make me a perfect match

[CHAVA:]

Matchmaker, matchmaker

I'll bring the veil

You bring the groom

Slender and pale

Bring me a ring for I'm longing to be

The envy of all I see

[HODEL:]

For Papa

Make him a scholar

[CHAVA:]

For Mama

Make him rich as a king

[HODEL & CHAVA:]

For me, well

I wouldn't holler

If he were as handsome as anything

Matchmaker, matchmaker

Make me a match

Find me a find

Catch me a catch

Night after night in the dark I'm alone

[HODEL:]

So find me a match

Of my own

[TZEITEL, spoken:]

Since when are you interested in a match, Chava? I thought you just had your eye on your books. And you have your eye on the Rabbi's son.

[HODEL, spoken:]

Well, why not? We only have one Rabbi and he only has one son. Why shouldn't I want the best?

[TZEITEL, spoken:]

Because you're a girl from a poor family. So whatever Yente brings, you'll take, right? Of course right!

Hodel, oh Hodel

Have I made a match for you

He's handsome, he's young

Alright, he's sixty-two

But he's a nice man, a good catch

True? True

I promise you'll be happy

And even if you're not

There's more to life than that—

Don't ask me what

Chava, I found him

Won't you be a lucky bride

He's handsome, he's tall

That is from side to side

But he's a nice man, a good catch, right?

[HODEL:]

Right

[TZEITEL:]

You heard he has a temper

[HODEL:]

He'll beat you every night

[TZEITEL:]

But only when he's sober

[TZEITEL & HODEL:]

So you're alright

[TZEITEL:]

Did you think you'd get a prince?

[CHAVA:]

Well, I'll find the best I can

[TZEITEL & HODEL:]

With no dowry, no money, no family background

Be glad you got a man

[CHAVA:]

Matchmaker, matchmaker

You know that I'm

Still very young

Please, take your time

[HODEL:]

Up to this minute I misunderstood

That I could get stuck for good

[TZEITEL, HODEL & CHAVA:]

Dear Yente, see that he's gentle

Remember, you were also a bride

It's not that I'm sentimental

It's just that I'm terrified

Matchmaker, matchmaker

Plan me no plans

I'm in no rush

Maybe I've learned

Playing with matches

A girl can get burned

So bring me no ring

Groom me no groom

Find me no find

Catch me no catch

Unless he's a matchless match