Zvončići

Izvor: Wikipedija

Zvončići (eng. Jingle Bells) je božićna pjesma koju je napisao James Pierpoint u Bostonu 1857. godine.

Napisana je za potrebe župe koja je htjela proslaviti, ni više ni manje, nego Dan Zahvalnosti.

Pjesma se jako svidjela župljanima, pa su zamolili Pierpointa da se opet zapjeva na Božić iste godine. Otada su Jingle Bellsi jedan od nekoliko najjasnijih zašttnih znakova zadnjega tjedna u godini.


[uredi] Zvončići

Dolove i brijeg, zabijelio je snijeg,
Sa saona kroz noć naš se čuje smijeh
Okićen i plah, naš vranac juri svud,
A zvona dalek zvuk pokazuje nam put.


Hej, zvončići, zvončići, zvone cijelu noć,
I ostaju u sjećanju što nikad neće proć.
Hej, zvončići, zvončići, zvone na sav glas,
Kroz tihu noć, čitav kraj, zvone za sve nas.


Ponoć već je tu, za satom ide sat,
Juri vranac naš, ko da nikad neće stat.
Tiho pada snijeg, ko perje leti lak
Prijatelj je drag, veseli mu se svak.


[uredi] Jingle Bells

Dashing through the snow
On a one-horse open sleigh,
Over the fields we go,
Laughing all the way;


Bells on bob-tail ring,
making spirits bright,
What fun it is to ride and sing
A sleighing song tonight


Jingle bells, jingle bells,
jingle all the way!
O what fun it is to ride
In a one-horse open sleigh


A day or two ago,
I thought I'd take a ride,
And soon Miss Fanny Bright
Was seated by my side;


The horse was lean and lank;
Misfortune seemed his lot;
He got into a drifted bank,
And we, we got upsot.


Jingle Bells, Jingle Bells,
Jingle all the way!
What fun it is to ride
In a one-horse open sleigh.


A day or two ago,
the story I must tell
I went out on the snow
And on my back I fell;


A gent was riding by
In a one-horse open sleigh,
He laughed as there
I sprawling lie,
But quickly drove away.


Jingle Bells, Jingle Bells,
Jingle all the way!
What fun it is to ride
In a one-horse open sleigh.


Now the ground is white
Go it while you're young,
Take the girls tonight
And sing this sleighing song;


Just get a bob-tailed bay
two-forty as his speed
Hitch him to an open sleigh
And crack! you'll take the lead.


Jingle Bells, Jingle Bells,
Jingle all the way!
What fun it is to ride
In a one-horse open sleigh.


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