Oy shyroka dorozhen'ka od kruta do kruta,
Harna divka chornobrova, shcho lyubyt' rekrut[a].
A rekrutu pryyshla kartka, rekrut od'yizhdzhaye,
Svoyu devku chornobrovu na druha lyshay[e].
– Tovaryshu, tovaryshu, hlyady moyu y dyevku,
Yak ya z armiyi pryyedu, napyomsa horyelki.
Rekrut z armiye pryyekhav, zayde do khaty,
Malye dytya, nevelychke, bihaye po khat[i].
– Tovaryshu, tovaryshu, shcho zh to za dytyna?
– A to zh toyi, dyevchynon'ky, shcho zh tebe lyubyl[a].
– Luchchye y bulo, tovaryshu, iz konya y ubytstsa,
Yak tepera, tovaryshu, na tse vse dyvyts[tsa].
*Krut – povorot
Faithfulness
Love
Departure
Seeing-off
Сalendar and ritual songs
Songs to the spring
Spring songs
Seasons
Spring
Movable feasts
Great Lent (6 weeks before Easter)
Both Miklos
Myroslava Vertiuk
Yuriy Kovalʹchuk
Myroslava Vertiuk
2018-05-30