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 Collectanea.

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Pastoj, pastoj, inaja mila, Sto ja tahie skazu.

Slo na cibie kazuc,

Sto na cie haworac,

Slo da ciljie maladzienkoj

Kawalery chodziac.

Sto da cibie maladzienkoj

Kawalery chodziad."

" Oj niechaj zes kazuc, Oj niechaj haworac, Niechaj sabie pahaworacf, Aby dobra byla. Niechaj sabie pahaworac, Aby dobra byla.

A u poli zyta, Kalinoju kryta, Pad zielonoj bierozoju, Moj milenki ubity. Pad zielonoj bierozoju, Moj milenki ubity.

Oj ubity, ubily, Nicym ni nakryty, Cornienkoju kiiajUoju Wodunki prykryty. Cornienkoju kitajkoju Wodunki prykryty."

Wait, O wail, my loved one, Hear what I shall lell thee.

Of thee 'tis said.

Of thee 'lis told,

Of thee 'tis said, my little one,

That every lad may meet with thee.

Of thee 'lis said, my little one.

That every lad may meet with thee.

" O let them talk,

O let them say.

Let them say whate'er they list,

So long as I am happy.

Let them say whate'er they list,

So long as I am happy.

The rye grows in the field, The guelder rose'* hangs over it,^' Underneath a white birch-tree, My loved one's ^* lying dead. Underneath a white birch-tree. My loved one's lying dead.

Oh I lie is dead, he is dead, And nought lies over him, IJut the sable pall That covers his eyes. But the .sable pall That covers his eyes."

No. 3. Och : Ty Pole (O ! my field !).

Ni ura - dzi

\o po - le, Choc na do - lu ma - ju.

'* 1 he viburnum, a shrub which grows over the whole country and is con- stantly used as a poetic word.

''Where the rye-field joins, the meadow, the viburnum hedge overhangs it.

'* Alternative version, — ^'- Kozactirika ubity"' (A young Cossack is lying dead).