Tumbalalaika

Shteyt a bucher, shteyt un er tracht Tracht in tracht a gantze nacht Vemen tzi nemen un nit farshemen Vemen tzi nemen un nit farshemen Once, long ago, there was a young man Who stayed up all night devising his plan He thought up a riddle second to none She who could answer would be the one Tumbala, Tumbala, Tumbalalaika Tumbala, Tumbala, Tumbalalaika Tumbalalaika, shpiel balalaika Tumbalalaika, freylich zol zayn Maidl, maidl, 'ch vil bay dir fregn Vos ken vaksn, vaksn on reign Vos ken brenen un nit oyfern Vos ken benken, veynen on trern Tell me, my beauty, tell me if you know What needs no rain and yet it can grow Tell me what can burn all through the years Tell me what can yearn and cry without tears Tumbala, Tumbala, Tumbalalaika Tumbala, Tumbala, Tumbalalaika Tumbalalaika, shpiel balalaika Tumbalalaika, freylich zol zayn Narishe bucher, vos darfstu fregn A shtein ken vaksn, vaksn on regn Libe ken brenen un nit oyfern A harts ken benken, veynen on trern Oh, foolish boy, surely you know A rock needs no rain, and yet it can grow It's love that can burn all through the years And a heart that is yearning cries without tears Tumbala, Tumbala, Tumbalalaika Tumbalalala, Tumbalalala, Tumbalalaika Tumbalalaika, shpiel balalaika Tumbalalaika, freylich zol zayn Tumbala, Tumbala, Tumbalalaika Tumbala, Tumbala, Tumbalalaika Tumbalalaika, shpiel balalaika Tumbalalaika, fraylich zol zayn Tumbalalaika, fraylich zol zayn Tumbalalaika, fraylich zol zayn