Одна калина [Odna Kalina] [English translation]

It's sad, so sad, beyond all measure...

Don't you look at me, but play, musician, play!

It's cold, so cold upon my soul...

Take, what you should want, but you just leave for me:

Oh one Kalyna beyond the window,

One family all around the table,

One pathway, that I alone, could walk it home,

One love to last me all my life,

One grief that will be all forgotten

And Ukraine, because for us there is no other!

It's sad, so sad, beyond all measure...

But why are you crying? Play, musician, play!

One drop won't take away the grief

Pour a glass, oh Kozak, because we still have :

Oh one Kalyna beyond the window,

One family all around the table,

One pathway, that I alone, could walk it home,

One love to last me all my life,

One grief that will be all forgotten

And Ukraine, because for us there is no other!

It's so sad, that I can not sleep,

It's better that I do think, all about my Spring

I'll go way out beyond the horizon...

The first, is just like the last, play, musician, play:

About that Kalyna beyond the window,

One family all around the table,

One pathway, that I alone, could walk it home,

One love to last me all my life,

One grief that will be all forgotten

And Ukraine, because for us there is no other!

Oh one Kalyna beyond the window, ...

• Artist:Sofia Rotaru