שאַ, שטיל, מאַכט נישט קײן גערידער דער רבי גײט שױן טאַנצן װידער שאַ, שטיל, מאַכט נישט קײן געװאַלט .דער רבי גײט שױן טאַנצן באַלד
און אַז דער רבי זינגט דעם הײליקן ניגון .בלײַבט דער שׂטן אַ טױטער ליגן Sha, shtil, makht nisht keyn gerider, Der rebe geyt shoyn tantsn vider; Sha, shtil, makht nisht keyn gevalt, Der rebe geyt shoyn tantsn bald.
The melody starts with an augmented second, which is typical of the so-called gypsy scale.
According to an eye-witness account, the words to the original melody were adapted during police actions in the Holocaust as follows: “Sha, shtil, makh nit keyn gerider,/ S’iz in lager a kontrol vider./ Sha, shtil, makh nit keyn gevald,/ Di kontrol kumt aher bald./ Un az di kontrol kumt iz dokh vey un vind, / Men darf in lager nit zen keyn kind.” (Shh, hush, don't make any noise, the guard is coming again; shh, hush, don't make a clamor, the guard is coming soon.
)[3] The Israeli Yiddish metal band Gevolt has recorded Sha, shtil on its album AlefBase.