Temat: Żydzi, judaizm i kultura żydowska w poezji
Sheldon Harnick
If I Were a Rich Man
"Dear God, you made many, many poor people.
I realize, of course, that it's no shame to be poor.
But it's no great honor either!
So, what would have been so terrible if I had a small fortune?"
I were a rich man,
Ya ha deedle deedle, bubba bubba deedle deedle dum.
All day long I'd biddy biddy bum.
If I were a wealthy man.
I wouldn't have to work hard.
Ya ha deedle deedle, bubba bubba deedle deedle dum.
If I were a biddy biddy rich,
Yidle-diddle-didle-didle man.
I'd build a big tall house with rooms by the dozen,
Right in the middle of the town.
A fine tin roof with real wooden floors below.
There would be one long staircase just going up,
And one even longer coming down,
And one more leading nowhere, just for show.
I'd fill my yard with chicks and turkeys and geese and ducks
For the town to see and hear.
(Insert)Squawking just as noisily as they can. (End Insert)
And each loud "cheep" and "swaqwk" and "honk" and "quack"
Would land like a trumpet on the ear,
As if to say "Here lives a wealthy man."
If I were a rich man,
Ya ha deedle deedle, bubba bubba deedle deedle dum.
All day long I'd biddy biddy bum.
If I were a wealthy man.
I wouldn't have to work hard.
Ya ha deedle deedle, bubba bubba deedle deedle dum.
If I were a biddy biddy rich,
Yidle-diddle-didle-didle man.
I see my wife, my Golde, looking like a rich man's wife
With a proper double-chin.
Supervising meals to her heart's delight.
I see her putting on airs and strutting like a peacock.
Oy, what a happy mood she's in.
Screaming at the servants, day and night.
The most important men in town would come to fawn on me!
They would ask me to advise them,
Like a Solomon the Wise.
"If you please, Reb Tevye..."
"Pardon me, Reb Tevye..."
Posing problems that would cross a rabbi's eyes!
And it won't make one bit of difference if i answer right or wrong.
When you're rich, they think you really know!
If I were rich, I'd have the time that I lack
To sit in the synagogue and pray.
And maybe have a seat by the Eastern wall.
And I'd discuss the holy books with the learned men, several hours every day.
That would be the sweetest thing of all.
If I were a rich man,
Ya ha deedle deedle, bubba bubba deedle deedle dum.
All day long I'd biddy biddy bum.
If I were a wealthy man.
I wouldn't have to work hard.
Ya ha deedle deedle, bubba bubba deedle deedle dum.
(Delete)If I were a biddy biddy rich,
Yidle-diddle-didle-didle man.
(Insert) Lord who mad ethe lion and the lamb,
You decreed I should be what I am.
Would it spoil some vast eternal plan?
If I were a wealthy man.
If I Were a Rich Man – słowa: Sheldon Harnick, muzyka: Jerry Bock,
śpiewa: Chaim Topol (w filmie “Fiddler on the Roof”, 1971, reż. Norman Jewison)
Gdybym był bogaczem
Gdybym był bogaczem ja ba da ba da ba ja ba da ba du
Cały dzień bym ja ba da ba da
Gdybym ja był wielki pan.
Pracy bym się brzydził ja ba da ba da ba ja ba da ba da
Gruby portfel gdybym to ja miał
Gdybym ja był wielki pan.
Zbudowałbym dom najwyższy na świecie
W samym by sercu miasta stał
A schodów byłoby bez liku w nim
Okropnie dużo w górę i ciut ciut w dół
Na zewnątrz też bym miał
Bo tak sobie wymarzył bym.
Gdybym był bogaczem ja ba da ba da ba ja ba da ba du
Cały dzień bym ja ba da ba da
Gdybym ja był wielki pan.
Pracy bym się brzydził ja ba da ba da ba ja ba da ba da
Gruby portfel gdybym to ja miał
To byłbym ja.
Gdybym był bogaczem ja ba da ba da ba ja ba da ba du
To byłbym właśnie ja
Pracy bym się brzydził ja ba da ba da ba ja ba da ba da
Gdy coś jak nie stworzył oraz lwa
Czemuś uparł się że właśnie ja
Zgubiłbym Twój boski cały świat
Gdybym ja był wielki pan.
Gdybym ja był wielki pan.
tłum. Antoni MarianowiczRyszard Mierzejewski edytował(a) ten post dnia 23.08.08 o godzinie 23:48
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