Dos Kelbl / On a Wagon

T&M: Jtschak Katsenelson, 1942 im Warschauer Ghetto.

 

 

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Ojfn forel ligt a kelb,
ligt gebundn mit a schtrik,
hojch in himl flit a fojgl,
flit un drejt sich hin un ts’rik.

Lacht der wind in korn,
lacht un lacht un lacht,
lacht er op a tog, a gantsn,
un a halb nacht.
Donaj, donaj ... donaj-daj.

Schrejt dos kelbl, sogt der pojer:
Wer-ssche hejst dich sajn a kalb?
Wolst gekent doch sajn a fojgl,
wolst gekent doch sajn a schwalb

Lacht der wind in korn,
lacht un lacht un lacht,
lacht er op a tog, a gantsn,
un a halb nacht.
Donaj, donaj ... donaj-daj..

Bidne kelblech tut men bindn,
und men schlept sej, un men schecht.
Wer’s hot fligl, flit arojf tsu,
is bej kejnem nischt kejn knecht.

Lacht der wind in korn,
lacht un lacht un lacht,
lacht er op a tog, a gantsn,
un a halb nacht.
Donaj, donaj ... donaj-daj..

Lacht der wind in korn,
lacht un lacht un lacht,
lacht er op a tog, a gantsn,
un a halb nacht.
Donaj, donaj ... donaj-daj..

On a wagon bound for market
There's a calf with a mournful eye.
High above him there's a swallow
Winging swiftly through the sky.

How the winds are laughing
They laugh with all their might
Laugh and laugh the whole day through
And half the summer's night.
Dona dona dona dona
Dona dona dona down

"Stop complaining," said the farmer
"Who told you a calf to be;
Why don't you have wings to fly away
Like the swallow so proud and free?"

How the winds are laughing
They laugh with all their might
Laugh and laugh the whole day through
And half the summer's night.
Dona dona dona dona
Dona dona dona down

Calves are easily bound and slaughtered
Never knowing the reason why.
But whoever treasures freedom,
Like the swallow must learn to fly

How the winds are laughing
They laugh with all their might
Laugh and laugh the whole day through
And half the summer's night.
Dona dona dona dona
Dona dona dona down

Aru Hareta Hiru Sagari
Ichiba he Tsuzuku Michi
Nibasha ga Gotogoto
Koushi wo Nosete Iku

Kawaii Koushi
Urarete Iku yo
Kanashisouna Hitomi
de Miteiru yo

Dona Dona Dona Dona
Koushi wo Nosete
Dona Dona Dona Dona

Nibasha ga Yureru
Aoi Sora Soyogu Kaze
Tsubame ga Tobikau

Nibasha ga Ichiba he
Koushi wo Nosete Iku
Moshimo Tsubasa ga
Atta naraba
Tanoshii Makiba he
Kaereru mono wo