Dinkeli dunkeli doja
Dinkeli dunkeli doja
Dinkeli dunkeli doja
Nursery Rhyme
Nursery Rhyme
(Swedish)
(English)
Dinkeli dunkeli doja
heter en grön papegoja.
Dinkeli dunk
heter en munk
som bor i en pepparkaks-koja
Dinkeli dunkeli doja*
Is called a green parrot.
Dinkeli dunk
Is called a monk
Living in a gingerbread-hut.
Notes
*"Dinkeli dunkeli doja" seems to be nonsense.
I welcome help fine tuning the literal translation above! –Mama Lisa
Here's a more rhyming version (not literal):
Dinkeli dunkeli darrot
Is called a green parrot.
Dinkeli dunk
Is called a monk
Living in a gingerbread-trunk.
Tanslated by Mama Lisa
Thanks and Acknowledgements
Thanks to Ester Del Vesco for contributing this rhyme. Translated by Mama Lisa.
Tack så mycket!
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