Blahoslovy, Bozhe, Prechystaya tozhe,
Otets', i shche y maty, pisen'ku zaspivaty,
Pisen'ku zaspivat[y].
Oy letila zozuleyka cherez sad,
Posadyly Hal'ochku ta y na posad.
U nashoho Vladyka velykaya rodyna,
Oy yak dadut' po chervlenomu, to y bude hroshey skrynya.
Zaporizhtsi khoroshi,
Zaporizhtsi khoroshi, ne zhaluyte hroshi,
Sychte ruku v kyshen'ku, kladit' hroshi v tarilku,
Kladit' hroshi v tarilk[u].
Do korovayu.
Ya na korovay ishla, sorok yayechok nesla,
Mene khloptsi dohonyly, meni yaytsya pobyl[y].
Znayu ya, znayu, sho v tomu korovayu,
Iz krynytsi – vodytsya, iz stodoly – pshenytsya,
Mayovoyi maslechko, shcho v pychi pohaslo.
Horbataya misyla, tsytsyataya nosyla,
A tonkaya, visokaya, u pichku sadyla,
U pichku sadyl[a].
Oy stoyala lypoyka dvadtsyt' lit,
Treba yiyi izrubaty oy na zahnit,
Shchob nashyy korovay chervonyy buv,
Shchob nashyy Vladichok shchaslyvyy buv.
Od vinchannya.
Oy sichona kalynoyka, sichona,
Oy vzhe nasha parochka ta y zvenchona.
Oy sad-sad zatsvitaye, oy sad-sad zatsvita[ye],
Vinohrad pospivaye, vinohrad pospiva[ye].
A z toho vinohradu, a z toho vinohrad[u],
Syvyy kin' vid’yizzhaye, syvyy kin' vid’yizzha[ye].
Zavizesh mene, konyu, zavizesh mene, kon[yu],
Ta y do testya do dvoru, ta y do testya do dvor[u].
Tamka p’yut', shche y hulyayut', tamka p’yut' shche y hulya[yut'],
Shche y mene dozhydayut', shche y mene dozhyda[yut'].
Songs of the rites of passage
Wedding songs
Ritual and customary folklore
The Wedding
Both Miklos
Yuriy Rybak
Natalka Khomenko
2018-06-17