Donna Donna

Donna Donna係支社會主義者嘅歌，原文係 Yiddish 叫「Dana Dana」，由Aaron Zeitlin填詞，後來譯成英文、德文、法文、日文、俄文同希伯來文等；喺日本學校有唱，而喺南韓，曾經當佢係共產主義歌咁禁。

詞

譯 
木頭車上被綁起嘅
有隻牛仔無救等緊死
佢上高有隻飛燕
暢快遨遊天空

合唱：
粟米田上風係咁笑
出盡力勁笑
笑呀笑足成日
重笑到仲夏半夜
Dona, dona, dona,...

隻牛仔輕輕喊
「問風，你笑乜？」
點解我唔可以好似隻燕
點解我要做隻牛仔

牛仔生出來好快就被劏
無希望無得救
好似燕咁有翼嘅
而唔會被奴役

原文 

Original Yiddish

אױפֿן פֿורל ליגט דאָס קעלבל,
ליגט געבונדן מיט אַ שטריק.
הױך אין הימל פֿליט דאָס שװעלבל,
פֿרײט זיך, דרײט זיך הינט נאָך צריק.

כאָר:
לאַכט דער װינט אין קאָרן,
לאַכט און לאַכט און לאַכט,
לאַכט ער אָפּ אַ טאָג אַ גאַנצן
מיט אַ האַלבע נאַכט.
דאָנאַ, דאָנאַ, דאָנאַ, ... 

שרײַט דאָס קעלבל, זאָגט דער פּױער:
װער זשע הײסט דיר זײַן אַ קאַלב?
װאָלסט געקענט דאָך זײַן אַ פֿױגל,
װאָלסט געקענט דאָך זײַן אַ שװאַלב.

כאָר

בלינדע קעלבער טוט מען בינדן
און מען שלעפּט זײ און מען שעכט,
װער ס'האָט פֿליגל, פֿליט אַרױפֿצו,
איז בײַ קײנעם ניט קײן קנעכט. 

כאָר

Yiddish transliteration

Oyfn furl ligt dos kelbl,
Ligt gebundn mit a shtrik.
Hoykh in himl flit dos shvelbl,
Freyt zikh, dreyt zikh hin un tsrik.

Chorus:
Lakht der vint in korn,
Lakht un lakht un lakht,
Lakht er op a tog a gantsn
Mit a halber nakht.
Dona, dona, dona, ...

Shrayt dos kelbl, zogt der poyer:
Ver zhe heyst dikh zayn a kalb?
Volst gekent dokh zayn a foygl,
Volst gekent dokh zayn a shvalb.

Chorus

Bidne kelber tut men bindn
Un men shlept zey un men shekht,
Ver s'hot fligl, flit aroyftsu,
Iz bay keynem nit keyn knekht.

Chorus

Translation by Secunda

On a wagon bound and helpless 
Lies a calf, who is doomed to die. 
High above him flies a swallow 
Soaring gaily through the sky.

Chorus:
The wind laughs in the cornfield 
Laughs with all his might 
Laughs and laughs the whole day through 
An half way through the night 
Dona, dona, dona...

Now the calf is softly crying 
"Tell me wind, why do you laugh?" 
Why can’t I fly like the swallow 
Why did I have to be a calf, 

Chorus

Calves are born and soon are slaughtered 
With no hope of being saved. 
Only those with wing like swallow 
Will not ever be enslaved. 

Chorus

Translation by Kevess & Schwartz

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.

Chorus:
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...

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

Chorus

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

Chorus

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