Dona dona

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.

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 dona
Dona dona dona do
Dona dona dona dona
dona dona dona do

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 brave and free?

How the winds are laughing
They laugh with all their might
Laugh and laugh the whole day through
And half the summer's night.

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

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 dona dona dona
Dona dona dona do
Dona dona dona dona
Dona dona dona do!

 Dipinto: Guernica, Pablo Picasso, 1937

Dona dona

Dentro un carro ben legato
un capretto al macello va.
Alto in cielo sopra i tetti
vola la rondine in libertà.

Come ride il vento
nel cielo dell'estate.
Come son tristi
le bestie incatenate.

Dona dona dona dona
Dona dona dona don.
Dona dona dona dona
Dona dona dona don.

"Su, non piangere", dice l'uomo,
"tu ti devi rassegnar,
non hai ali per volare,
non puoi viver in libertà".

Come ride il vento
nel cielo dell'estate.
Come son tristi
le bestie incatenate

I capretti son legati,
macellati con crudeltà,
e chi vuol viver libero
farsi rondine dovrà.

Come ride il vento
nel cielo dell'estate.
Come son tristi
le bestie incatenate

Dona dona dona dona
Dona dona dona don.
Dona dona dona dona
Dona dona dona don.