Happy Xmas (War is over)

I heard this song* (originally, I think, by John Lennon) for the first time today and decided I'd translate it.  (Thanks, Colbert Report!)  It asks a really good question, of course- that being... "what have you done?"

Nothing new in this song, just the same old.  I had to rig the vocative just right to make it work (since it's an extra syllable and the translation below is singable, Oh Joy.)

*Sorry for this video.  It is surprisingly the only one with lyrics I could find that didn't have images of carnage.  ...Sigh.

Order of Texts: Sandic -- Smooth English of Sandic -- Original English

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Ba mohn ân ora 

a kiab péxma

ba ivlú basem

rep juti baahl

ba mohn ân ora

opémas ra

lēé ta zumin, usein

lēé ta lēlain, nabein

mohnab lēaira

ivlúb lēai

wenai obaahl

temab kahami

ba mohn ân ora

lēian paelain, levin

kalēlétin, kahamin,

lenai ara aŵ

ba mohn ân ora

lēian mauin, glénin

lēian éoin, lēian pîrin,

otaŵneot madîjj.

dîjj batesem

ba wîc pé

dîjj batesem

nalēu

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The day of giving,

but what have you done

the year is ending

it's the beginning of another one

the day of giving

be very happy

you who are here, you who are loved

you who are old, you who are young

A very happy day

a happy (new) year

let it be beautiful

and without fear

the day of giving

to you, the strong and the weak

the having and lacking,

our existence is wrong.

the day of giving

to you, the white and the black (ones),

to you the yellow (ones) and the red (ones),

let us not fight.

War will stop

(according to) your want

war will stop

now

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So this is Xmas

And what have you done

Another year over

And a new one just begun

And so this is Xmas

I hope you have fun

The near and the dear one

The old and the young

A very Merry Xmas

And a happy New Year

Let's hope it's a good one

Without any fear

And so this is Xmas

For weak and for strong

For rich and the poor ones

The world is so wrong

And so happy Xmas

For black and for white

For yellow and red ones

Let's stop all the fight

War is over, 

if you want it

War is over 

now

** Image from here.