“Bei Mir Bistu Shein” is the title of a 1932 song by Jacob Jacobs and Shalom Secunda, written for a Yiddish musical titled “Men Ken Lebn Nor Men Lost Nisht” (“You Could Live, But They Won’t Let You”). Its title is usually translated as “To Me, You Are Beautiful”, but literally translates as “By Me, You Are Beautiful” and so can also mean “Beside Me, You Are Beautiful” and “Compared To Me, You Are Beautiful”. (It was later translated into English and popularised by the Andrews Sisters under the title “Bei Mir Bist Du Schon”.)
