Translation of the song Gojelis artist Lithuanian Folk

Lithuanian

Gojelis

English translation

In the Wood, In the Green One

Po gojeliu, po žaliuoju.

In the Wood, In the Green One

Kloja merga baltus linus.

The lassies are laying white linen

Ana kloja gailiai verkia,

One of them is crying mournfully while laying it

Gailiai verkia, žemę keikia:

She's crying mournfully and cursing the ground:

-Tu žemele, tu sieroj i.

- Ye dear ground, ye grey one,

Kam paėmei mano tėvą.

Why have you taken my father -

Mano tėvą ir motulę?

My father and my dear mother?

Kad paėmei mano tėvus.

Why did you take my parents?

Imk ir mane siratėlę .

Take me, the little orphan, too!

-Nei ką aš tave imsiu,

- I shall not take you,

Geriau dvi daleles duosiu.

I'll better give you two fortunes:

Pirmą dalią-ristą žirgą,

The first fortune - a nimble horse

Antrą dalią- jauną berną .

The second fortune - a young lad

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