Zelenaya vyshnya z-pid korenya ziyshla.
Oddala mene maty, de ya y ne pryvychna.
Ya vyydu zh na horu da y kryknu do dvoru:
– Vary, maty, vecheryu shche y na moyu dolyu.
Varyla, varyla – ni malo, ni troshky:
– Nemaye tobi, donyu, ni mysky, ni lozhky.
Ya mysku pobyla, a lozhku spalyla,
Idy ty, moya donyu, de lito robyla.
– Ty zh dumayesh, mamo, sho ya tut panuyu,
Pryydy, ty, podyvysya, yak ya tut horyuyu.
Ty zh dumayesh, mamo, sho ya tut ne plachu,
Za dribnymy sl'ozamy ya y stezhky ne bachu.
Ty zhaduyesh, mamo, nedilyu y vivtorok,
A ya zh tebe, mamo, na den' raziv sorok.
Unfortunate fate
Departure
Hard labor
Alien area
Songs of private and everyday family life
Both Miklos
Inna Kovtun
Myroslava Vertiuk
Olga Karapata
2018-06-13