Tumbalalaika - Waldorf Schullieder

Tumbalalaika
Jiddisch
1. Shteyt a bokher, un er trakht, trakht un trakht a gantse nakht.
Vemen tzu nemen un nisht farshemen, vemen tzu nemen un nisht farshemen?
Refrain:
Tumbala, tumbala, tumbalalaika. 2x
Tumbalalaika, shpil balalaika, tumbalalaika, freylekh zol zayn.
2. Meydl, meydl, kh'vil bay dir fregn, vos ken vaksn, vaksn on regn?
Vos ken brenen un nit oyfhern, vos ken benken, veynen on trern?
Refrain: Tumbala, …
3. Narisher bokher, vos darfstu fregn, a shteyn ken vaksn, vaksn on regn!
Libe ken brenen un nit oyfhern, a harts ken benken, veynen on trern!
Refrain: Tumbala, …
4. Vos iz hekher fun a hoyz, vos iz flinker fun a moyz?
Vos iz tifer fun a kval, vos iz biter, biterer vi gal?
Refrain: Tumbala, …
5. A koymen iz hekher fun a hoyz, a kats iz flinker fun a moyz!
Di Toyre iz tifer fun a kval, der toyt iz biter, biterer vi gal!
Refrain: Tumbala, …
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Tumbalalaika
Englisch - Variante I
1. A young lad stands and he thinks, thinks and thinks the whole night through.
Whom to take and not to shame, whom to take and not to shame?
Refrain:
Tumbala, Tumbala, Tumbalalaika. 2x
Tumbalalaika, strum balalaika, tumbalalaika, may we be happy.
2. Girl, girl, I want to ask of you; what can grow, grow without rain?
What can burn and never end, what can yearn, cry without tears?
Refrain: Tumbala, …
3. Foolish lad, why do you have to ask, a stone can grow, grow without rain!
Love can burn and never end. A heart can yearn, cry without tears!
Refrain: Tumbala, …
4. What is higher than a house, what is swifter than a mouse?
What is deeper than a well, what is bitter, more bitter than gall?
Refrain: Tumbala, …
5. A chimney is higher than a house, a cat is swifter than a mouse!
The Torah is deeper than a well, death is bitter, more bitter than gall!
Refrain: Tumbala, …
Tumbalalaika
Englisch - Variante II
1. Maiden mine, I would like to know, what can grow without rain or snow?
What can flame and ever glow, what can weep with no tears to show?
Tumbala, tumbala, tumbalalaika, tumbala, tumbala, tumbalalaika.
Tumbalalaika, play balalaika, tumbalalaika, play balalaika!
2. Foolish lad, if you want to know, stones can grow without rain or snow!
Love can flame and ever glow, hearts can weep with no tears to show!
Tumbala, tumbala, tumbalalaika, tumbala, tumbala, tumbalalaika.
Tumbalalaika, play balalaika, tumbalalaika, play balalaika!
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