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Tum Balalaike ט​ו​ם​־​ב​א​ַ​ל​א​ַ​ל​ײ​ַ​ק​ע

from Biblegum Pop by Stereo Sinai

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lyrics

LYRICS:

Tumbala, Tumbala, Tumbalalaika
Tumbala, Tumbala, Tumbalalaika
Tumbalalaika, strum balalaika
Tumbalalaika, may we be happy

A young lad stands, stands and thinks
Thinks and thinks a whole night
Whom to take and not to shame
Whom to take and not to shame

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?

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


טום-באַלאַ, טום-באַלאַ, טום-באַלאַלײַקע,
טום-באַלאַ, טום-באַלאַ, טום-באַלאַלײַקע,
טום-באַלאַלײַקע, שפיל באַלאַלײַקע,
טום-באַלאַלײַקע, פריילעך זאָל זײַן!

שטייט אַ בחור, שטייט און טראַכט,
טראַכט און טראַכט אַ גאַנצע נאַכט:
וועמען צו נעמען און נישט פארשעמען.
וועמען צו נעמען און נישט פארשעמען.

מיידל, מיידל, כ'וויל בײַ דיר פרעגן:
וואָס קען וואַקסן, וואַקסן אָן רעגן?
וואָס קען ברענען און נישט אויפהערן?
וואָס קען בענקען, וויינען אָן טרערן?

נאַרישער בחור, וואָס דאַרפסטו פרעגן?
אַ שטיין קען וואַקסן, וואַקסן אָן רעגן,
ליבע קען ברענען און נישט אויפהערן,
אַ האַרץ קען בענקען, וויינען אָן טרערן.


Tumbala, Tumbala, Tumbalalaika
Tumbala, Tumbala, Tumbalalaika
Tumbalalaika, shpil balalaika
Tumbalalaika, freylekh zol zayn

Shteyt a bokher, shteyt un trakht
Trakht un trakht a gantse nakht
Vemen tzu nemen un nisht farshemen
Vemen tzu nemen un nisht farshemen

Meydl, meydl, kh'vil bay dir fregn,
Vos ken vaksn, vaksn on regn?
Vos ken brenen un nisht oyfhern?
Vos ken benken, veynen on trern?

Narisher bokher, vos darfstu fregn?
A shteyn ken vaksn, vaksn on regn,
Libe ken brenen un nisht oyfhern,
A harts ken benken, veynen on trern.

credits

from Biblegum Pop, released December 22, 2011
Traditional Yiddish folk tune. Performed by Miriam Brosseau and Alan Jay Sufrin. Produced by Alan Jay Sufrin.

Yiddish lyrics translated and transliterated by Alan Jay Sufrin.

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