Dona, Dona Lyrics

On a wagon
Bound and helpless
Lies a calf,
Who ist doomed to die.

High above him flies a swallow
Soaring gayly through the sky.

The wind laughs in the cornfield
Laughs with all his might
Laughs and laughs the whole day through
An dhalf way through the night

Dona, Dona, Dona, Dona,
Dona, Dona, Dona, Dona,
Dona, Dona, Dona, Dona,
Dona, Dona, Dona, Dah.

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,

The wind laughs in the cornfield
Laughs with all his might
Laughs and laughs the whole day through
And half way through the night

Dona, Dona, Dona, Dona,
Dona, Dona, Dona, Dona,
Dona, Dona, Dona, Dona,
Dona, Dona, Dona, Dah.

Calves are born and
Soon are slaughtered
With no hope of being saved.

Only those with wing like swallow
Will not ever be enslaved.

The wind laughs in the cornfield
Laughs with all his might
Laughs and laughs the whole day through
And half way through the night

Dona, Dona, Dona, Dona,
Dona, Dona, Dona, Dona,
Dona, Dona, Dona, Dona,
Dona, Dona, Dona, Dah.