Songs

Goolyala ya dyeveetsa, pa dvarochkoo,
I walked in the garden, a young maid,
Nakolola nozhen'koo na pyenyochek,
I hurt my foot on a tree-stump.
Baleet maya nozhen'ka, da nyebol'no,
My foot aches, but not too much,
Lyubeel myenya meelyen'kee, da nyedolgo,
my sweetheart he kissed me, but not for long,
Nedolgoye vryemechko, na chasochek.
just a little while, just for an hour.
Payekhal moi meelyen'kii vgarodochek,
Then my sweetheart he left for town,
A ya za neem dyeveetsa, vosledochek,
But I, a young maid, went after,
Gnala, gnala dyeveetsa, nye dagnala,
followed, followed, but I could not catch him,
Golosom kreechala – meel nye slyshal,
cried out – my sweetheart did not hear,
Platochkom makhala – meel nye veedel,
waved my scarf – my sweetheart did not see,
Tyazhelo vzdakhnoola – aglyanoolsya,
I sighed so deep, he glanced back,
Aglyanoolsya yagodka – ee vyernoolsya!
glanced back, my sweetheart – and returned to me!