Tumbalalaika

Tumbalalaika

Tumbalalaika

Quiet and thoughtful, one thinksShtyl a boccher, on un tracht
Thinks and thinks a whole nightTracht un tracht a gatze nacht
Whom to take and not to be ashamed,Vemen tsu nemen un nit far shemen,
Whom to take and not too farVemen tsu nemen nit zu far

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Tumbala, tumbala, tumbalalaika,Tumbala, tumbala, tumbalalaika,
tumbala, tumbala, tumbalalaikatumbala, tumbala, tumbalalaika
Tumbalalaika, play balalaikaTumbalalaika, shpiel balalaika
Play balalaika, let it be joyfulShpiel balalaika, freylacvh zol zayn

Girl, girl, I will ask youMeydl, meydl, ch´vel bay dir fregen,
What can grow, grow without rain?vos kan vaksn, vaksn on regn?
What can burn and not extinguish?Vos kon brenen un nit oyfhern?
What can ache, cry without tears?Vos kon beken, veynen on treren?

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Silly boy, what do you need to ask?Narisher bocher vos darfstu fregn?
A stone can grow, grow without rain.A shteyn ken vaksn, vaksn, on regn.
Love can burn and not extinguishLibeh ken brenen un nit oyfhern
A heart can ponder, cry without tearsA harts kon benkn, veynen on treren