Wednesday, May 29, 2024

Trenulețul / The Train

A cinematic journey from Zdob și Zdub and Advahov Brothers:


Romanian: 

Merge trenul, parcă zboară
Dintr-o țară-n altă țară
Merge, nu poate pricepe
Care țară? Unde-ncepe?
Țară veche, țară nouă
Parcă-i una, parcă-s două
Ba aparte, ba-mpreună
Parcă-s două, parcă-i una

Hey ho, let's go!
Folklore and Rock'n'roll
Pleacă trenul, unde ești?
Chișinău – București

Și-ntr-o țară, și-n cealaltă
Joacă hora laolaltă
Și în fiecare țară
Face farmece vioara
Când ajunge trenu-n gară
Parcă n-a ieșit din țară
Parcă a mers, fără să iasă
De acasă pân-acasă

(3X) Hey ho, let's go!
Folklore and Rock'n'roll
Pleacă trenul, unde ești?
Chișinău – București

Chișinău – București

Меrgе іutе, mеrgе bіnе
Тrеnu' lеgănаt dе şіnе
Dar nu poate să-nțeleagă
Рrіn саrе țară aleargă
Țară veche, țară nouă
Parcă-i una, parcă-s două
Ba aparte, ba-mpreună
Parcă-s două, parcă-i una

(3X) Hey ho, let's go!
Folklore and Rock'n'roll
Pleacă trenul, unde ești?
Chișinău – București

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English (from the video's mostly literal, completely unimprovable English closed captioning):

Train is going, just like flying
From one country to another
It is going but confused:
What's the country? Are they fused?
Is it old or is it new?
Seems like one but also two
Both together and apart
Are there two or just one part?

Hey ho, let's go!
Folklore and Rock'n'roll
The train's route is East to West.
Chisinau to Bucharest!

Both in that land and in this
We dance hora - it's a bliss
And in each country within
Magic's made with violin
When the train gets to a stand
Feels like almost the same land
Feelse like went without a change
Home-to-home, what an exchange!

(3X) Hey ho, let's go!
Folklore and Rock'n'roll
The train's route is East to West.
Chisinau to Bucharest!

Chisinau to Bucharest!

Going quickly, going good
Train of our nationhood
But it can not comprehend
What's the country? Where's the end?
Is it old or is it new?
Seems like one but also two
Both together and apart
Are there two or just one part?

(3X) Hey ho, let's go!
Folklore and Rock'n'roll
The train's route is East to West.
Chisinau to Bucharest!

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