Oi na Kupaila, na Ivana
Vyishla ta Halia, yak ta pania.
Na niuiu khloptsi zghliadaiutsia,
Bo vytatysia vstydaiutsia.
Lysh odyn Vania ne vstydavsia,
Vziav za ruchenku, povytavsia.
‒ Oi ty, Halyno, sertse moie,
Spodobalosia lychko tvoie.
Oi ne tak lychko, yak ty sama,
Yak na paperi vypysana.
Pysaly diaky try dni y nochi,
Ta y vypysaly kari ochi.
Pysaly try dni shche y try doby,
Ta y vypysaly chorni brovy.
Nashe Kupailo z verby, z verby,
A ty, Ivane, pryidy, pryidy.
Bo yak ne vyidesh na Kupala,
To vyide z tebe dusha y para.
‒ Ya na Kupaila ne buvala,
Bo mene maty ne puskala,
Kupyla meni kolodochku,
Zamknula mene v komorochku.
A ya zrobyla vyshenkoiu,
Tai vylizala diurenkoiu.
‒ Pora tebe, ty Kupailo, lomyty,
Pora tebe, ty Ivane, zhenyty.
‒ Oi ne pora, divchata, ne pora,
Bo shche taia moia Halia moloda.
Nekhai vona pohuliaie rokiv piat,
Nekhai vyrostut kosonky azh do piat.
Nekhai vona pohuliaie rokiv sim,
Nekhai vyrostut kosonky vzhe zovsim.
Сalendar and ritual songs
Kupalski /ritual songs for the period of Summer Solstice/
Seasons
Summer
Fixed feasts (Solar calendar rites, the same date every year)
7.07 Kupaila (The Third Finding of the Precious Head of Saint John the Baptist)
Both Miklos
Myroslava Vertiuk
2017-10-29