Text & Translation
Oj po hori roman cvite 'Along a hillside camomile is blooming'
Ukrainian source:
Taras Hryhorovych Shevchenko
Dolynoju kozak ide,
Ta u zhurby pytajet’sja,
De ta dolja pyshajet’sja?
Chy to v shynkakh z bahachamy?
Chy to v stepakh z chumakamy?
Chy to v pol’i na rozdoll’i
Z vitrom vijet’sja povol’i?
Along a hillside camomile is blooming
English translation ©
Natalka Pasicznyk and Bohdana Ravliuk
In the valley, a Cossack walks,
And of sorrow asks,
Where does that good fate exult?
Whether in taverns with rich people?
Or in the steppes with salt traders?
Or in the field on the expanse
Moving with the wind, gradually?
Oj po hori roman cvite 'Along a hillside camomile is blooming'
Ukrainian source:
Taras Hryhorovych Shevchenko
Along a hillside camomile is blooming
English source:
Natalka Pasicznyk and Bohdana Ravliuk
Oj, po hori roman tsvite,
Oh, along a hillside camomile is blooming,
Dolynoju kozak ide,
In the valley, a Cossack walks,
Ta u zhurby pytajet’sja,
And of sorrow asks,
De ta dolja pyshajet’sja?
Where does that good fate exult?
Chy to v shynkakh z bahachamy?
Whether in taverns with rich people?
Chy to v stepakh z chumakamy?
Or in the steppes with salt traders?
Chy to v pol’i na rozdoll’i
Or in the field on the expanse
Z vitrom vijet’sja povol’i?
Moving with the wind, gradually?
