dona，dona這首歌是由Joan Baez演唱。1941年1月9日出生於美國紐約Staten島上的她被稱為「民謠女王」。Baez作為民謠界女性權威演繹者的地位是在1959年Newprot民謠節上的演出後奠定的.她對民謠音樂的理解加上天生的近乎完美的嗓音使得她成為50年代之後民謠音樂中的一棵奇葩.
Baez最初的四張專輯均取材於美洲與英國的傳統民謠,然而隨著民權運動的發展,她開始逐漸投身於抗議運動,這才讓Baez成為真正有內容與個性的Joan Baez.
進入八九十年代,Joan Baez把自己的生活分為兩個方面:人道主義運動與音樂方面.在前者,她於1979年創立了國際人權社,於後者,Joan Baez又有多張廣受好評的專輯,包括1989年紀念從藝30年的SPEAKING OF DREAMS專輯.Joan Baez前期作為一位民謠歌手,後期作為一位人道主義歌手,都決定了她是廿世紀50年代之後的一位偉大的歌手.
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 dona
Dona dona dona dona
Dona dona dona don
"Stop complaining," said the farmer
"Who told you a calf to be;
Why don't you have wings to fly away
Like the swallow so proud 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.
Dona dona dona dona
Dona dona dona dona
Dona dona dona dona
Dona dona dona don
Calves are easily bound and slaughtered
Never knowing the reason why.
But whoever treasures freedom,
Like the swallow has learn 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 dona dona dona
Dona dona dona dona