Dona Dona Dona- A Yiddish Song

1. 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
Dona dona dona dona
Dona dona dona don

2. "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?"

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


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