Shteyt a bokher, shteyt un trakht
Trakht un trakht a gantse nakht
Vemen tzu nemen un nisht farshemen
Vemen tzu nemen un nisht farshemen
Tumbala, Tumbala, Tumbalalayka
Tumbala, Tumbala,
Tumbalalayka
Tumbalalayka, shpil balalayka
Tumbalalayka, freylekh zol zayn
Meydl, meydl, kh'vil bay dir fregn,
Vos
ken vaksn, vaksn on regn?
Vos ken brenen un nit oyfhern?
Vos ken
benken, veynen on trern?
Narisher bokher, vos darfstu fregn?
A shteyn ken vaksn, vaksn on regn.
Libe ken brenen un nit oyfhern.
A
harts ken benken, veynen on trern.