Russian
Сама шила, сама пряла
English translation
As I was sewing, as I was spinning
Сама шила, сама пряла,
As I was sewing, as I was spinning,
Сама себе разбалажа:
I was telling myself:
Ох, ня быти жа мане,
Oh, I will not be married to
Ох, не за паном, паночкём.
A nobleman, a nice nobleman.
Ох, уж ня быти жа мане,
Oh, I will not anymore be married
Ой, не за паном, паночкём,
To a nobleman, a nice nobleman.
Толькя быти жа мане,
I can only be married to
О, за разбойничикям.
Oh, a highwayman.
Ох, толька быти жа мане,
Oh, I can only be married to
Ой, за разбойничикям.
Oh, a highwayman.
Как с рассвету разбойнички,
At daybreak highwaymen
Ох, на разбой они идут.
Oh, they go to rob.
Ох, а с рассвету разбойнички,
Oh, at daybreak highwaymen
Ой, на разбой они да идут,
Oh, they go to rob.
А с полночи разбойнички
By midnight the highwaymen
Ох, мёд-горелочки да пьют.
Oh, they drink honey and alcohol.