Translation of the song Чого дуб Zелений artist Ukrainian Folk

Чого дуб зелений,

Why is the oak green,

Бо близько вода.

For the water's near.

Чого дівка гарна,

Why is the maiden fine,

Бо ще молода.

For she is yet young.

Чого дівка гарна,

Why is the maiden fine,

Бо ще молода.

For she is yet young.

На чужу сторонку

Into a foreign region

Та й заміж пішла.

She has gone and wed.

На чужу сторонку

Into a foreign region

Та й заміж пішла.

She has gone and wed.

Здається, недавно –

It seems, not long ago -

Двадцять три года.

Twenty three years.

Здається, недавно –

It seems, not long ago -

Двадцять три года.

Twenty three years.

А вже ж тая стежка

And now that path

Терном заросла.

Is over grown with thistle

Ой заросла терном

Is over grown with thistle

Ще й калиною,

And yet with the Kalyna,

Де я походжала

Where there I had walked

Ще дівчиною.

While yet a maiden.