Vdol' serogo neba   Through the skies sullen
Osennie vetry       Winds of the autumn
Syrost' nosyat       Blowing dankly
V tuchi duyut         Shifting clouds
Na nabol'shej tuche   Upon cloud greatest
Na taburetke        On the seat settled
Sidit |sta          Esta's sitting
Vyshivaet            Esta's sewing

Vot vyshila krasnym  Sews she in scarlet
Klenovye list'ya     Leaves of the marples
Poleteli            Leaves start falling
List'ya nazem'       Rusting, rustling
Vot vyshila chernym   Sews she in brown-black
Golye such'ya         Boughs of the beeches
Such'ya hmuro         Boughs turn naked
Obnazhilis'          Beeches blanching

Neset etu tuchu      See the cloud's drifting
K nashemu domu       To our house heading
|sta nit'           Esta's picking
V iglu vdevaet      Threads and needles
CHto Gospod' skazhet, What the Lord's saying
To |sta vysh'et      Esta she sews it
|sta vysh'et         Esta's sewing
Nas ne sprosit      Asking no one

                    30.12.96
                    Translation (c) Stepan M. Pechkin 1997
Last-modified: Fri, 02 May 1997 13:23:43 GMT