Wednesday, June 24, 2009

Shira- Yiddish Song- Tumbalalaika



TUMBALALAIKA

טומבאלאלייקא

Cm                                    G7

Shteyt a bocher, shteyt un tracht,
                                Cm

tracht un tracht a gantze nacht.
                 G#     Fm7      Cm    Fm    G7   Cm

Vemen tsu nemen un nit far shemen,
vemen tsu nemen un nit far shemen.

Refrain:

Cm                             G7
Tumbala, tumbala, tumbalalaika,
                                Cm      G#   Fm7   Cm    Fm   G7 Cm

Tumbala, tumbala, tumbalalaika

tumbalalaika, shpiel balalaika
tumbalalaika - freylach zol zayn.

Meydl, meydl, ch'vel bay dir fregen,
Vos kan vaksn, vaksn on regn?
Vos kon brenen un nit oyfhern?
Vos kon benken, veynen on treren?


Narisher bocher, vos darfstu fregn?
A shteyn ken vaksn, vaksn on regn.
Libeh ken brenen un nit oyfhern.
A hA young lad is thinking, thinking all night
Would it be wrong, he asks, or maybe right,
Should he declare his love, dare he choose,
And would she accept, or will she refuse?


Chorus:
Tumbala, tumbala, tumbalalaika,
Tumbala, tumbala, tumbalalaika
tumbalalaika, play Balalaika,
tumbalalaika - let us be merry.

Maiden, maiden tell me again
What can grow, grow without rain,
What can burn for many years,
What can long and cry without tears?


Silly young lad, why ask again?
It's a stone that can grow, grow without rain,
It's love that can burn for many long years,
A the heart that can yearn and cry without tears.
arts kon benkn, veynen on treren.

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