Ekh, Rumania, Rumania,...(6x)
Geven amol a land a zise a sheyne.
Ekh, Rumania, Rumania...(6x)
Geven amol a land a zise a fayne.
Dort tzu voynen is a fargenign.
Vos dos hartz glust dir, dos kenstu krign.
A mammeligele, a pastramele,
a karnatsele, un a glezele vayn, aha!
(FASTER)
In Rumania iz dokh git,
Funken dayges veyst men nit;
Vayn trinkt men iberal,
me farbayst mit kashtaval.
(chorus)
Hay, digi digi dam, digi digi digi dam;
Hay, digi digi dam, digi digi dam.
In Rumania iz dokh git,
Funken zorgn veyst men nit;
Vayn trinkt men iberal,
me farbayst a kastravet.
(chorus)
Hay, digi digi dam,....etc.
(FASTER)
Oy vey g'vald, ikh ver meshige,
'kh lib nor brinze, mamelige,
'kh tantz un frey zikh biz der stelye,
ven ikh es a patlozhele.
Dzing-ma, tay tidl di dam, (4x)
Ay, s'iz a mekhaye, besser ken nit zayn,
ay, a fargenign iz Rumenish vayn.
Di Rumener trinken vayn un esn mamalige.
Ver es kusht zayb eygn vayb, o yenner iz meshuge.
Dzing-ma, tay tidl di dam, (4x)
Ay, s'iz a mekhaye,....etc.
(FASTER)
Yokum purkon min shemaye,
shteyt un kusht di kekhne, Khaye,
ongeton in alte shkrabes,
makht a kugl l'koved Shabbes
Zetz, tay tdl di da, (4x)
Ay, s'iz a mekhaye,..... etc.
Zis es iz tzu kush a moid,
ven zi iz nokh zekhtzn.
Ober, ven du kisht an alte moid,
heybt zi on tzu krekhtzn!
Zetz, tay tdl di da, (4x)
Ay, s'iz a mekhaye,..... etc. | Oh, Romania....
It was a sweet, beautiful land
Oh, Romania...
It was a sweet, fine land
To live there is a joy.
What your heart desires, you can have.
A mammelige (cornmeal porridge), a pastrami,
a spiced meatball, and a glass of wine, aha!
In Romania it's good,
Noone has any --??-- ;
People drink wine everywhere,
Dessert is roasted chestnuts.
(chorus)
Hay, digi digi dam, digi digi digi dam;
Hay, digi digi dam, digi digi dam.
In Romania it's good,
Noone has any worries;
People dring wine everywhere,
Dessert is --??--.
(chorus)
Hay, digi digi dam, digi digi digi dam;
Hay, digi digi dam, digi digi dam.
Oy, vey, catastrophe, I'm going nuts,
I only like --??--, mamaligas,
I dance and cavort until dawn,
when I eat an eggplant.
Ah, it is a pleasure, it can't be better than this.
ah, what a joy Romanian wine is.
The Romanians drink wine and eat mameligas.
He who kisses his own wife is crazy.
Yokum the bashful tinker
stands and kisses the cook, Khaya,
from old scrapings, she makes a Sabbath pudding. [inspired by this]
sweet to kiss a girl
when she is just sixteen.
But when you kiss an old woman
she starts to moan (complain).
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