| Original | RETOROMANCIO [PUTER DELL'ALTA ENGADINA] / RHETOROMANIC [HIGH... |
| BLOWIN' IN THE WIND | CHANTIN' AINT IL VENT |
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| How many roads must a man walk down | Sün quauntas vias stu ün hom chaminer, |
| Before you call him a man? | ch'ün hom nus al possans numner? |
| Yes, 'n' how many seas must a white dove sail | E lur' quaunts mers stu ün culomb traverser, |
| Before she sleeps in the sand? | fin ch'el po finelmaing as placher? |
| Yes, 'n' how many times must the cannon balls fly | E quaunts chanuns stuvaron auncha trer, |
| Before they're forever banned? | fin cha'ls pudains scumander? |
| The answer, my friend, is blowin' in the wind, | La resposta, mieu amih, 'la chantina aint il vent, |
| The answer is blowin' in the wind. | la resposta chantin‘ aint il vent. |
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| How many times must a man look up | E di’m, quaunt suvenz stu ün hom uzer l'ögl |
| Before he can see the sky? | per vzair il firmamaint? |
| Yes, 'n' how many ears must one man have | Da quauntas uraglias ho'l dabsögn per udir |
| Before he can hear people cry? | il plaundscher dad ün innozaint? |
| Yes, 'n' how many deaths will it take till he knows | E cha da memma sun fingià crappos, |
| That too many people have died? | chi so sch'el tgnaro adimmaint. |
| The answer, my friend, is blowin' in the wind, | La resposta, mieu amih, 'la chantina aint il vent, |
| The answer is blowin' in the wind. | la resposta chantin‘ aint il vent. |
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| How many years can a mountain exist | E di'm, quaunts ans po üna muntagna ster, |
| Before it's washed to the sea? | aunz ch'ella svanesch' aint il mer? |
| Yes, 'n' how many years can some people exist | E lura quaunts ans stu ün umaun esser sclev, |
| Before they're allowed to be free? | e cura's pudaro'l liberer? |
| Yes, 'n' how many times can a man turn his head, | E di’m, quaunt suvenz stordscharons aunch' il cho |
| Pretending he just doesn't see? | per nu stuvair guarder? |
| The answer, my friend, is blowin' in the wind, | La resposta, mieu amih, 'la chantina aint il vent, |
| The answer is blowin' in the wind. | la resposta chantin‘ aint il vent. |
