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Da ci ja niloda wy-ta-iio - na-ja Da zie-lo-na-ho du - ba ?

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Nicht nii-nie nie wy-to-cyl, Ma - tu - la ra - dzi - ta.

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Da sca-sli-wo-jii da ha-dzi - no-ju U pia-lu-ski spa-wi - ta.

" Oj koniu moj siwy, "O my grey horse,

A hryuka siwiejsa. Daleci koniu, dabiezy koniu, Hdzie maja majmilejsa. Daleci koniu, dabiezy koniu, Hdzie maja najmilejsa."

' ' Ci ja Table taka charosa ? Da ci usim ludziam luba? Da ci ja mtoda wytaconaja Da zielonaho duba? Da ci ja mloda wytaconaja Da zielonaho duba?

Nicht minie nie wytocyt,

Matula radziJa.

Da scasliwoju da hadzinoju

U pialuski spawila.

Da scasliwoju da hadzinoju

U pialuski spawila.

Spawiwala minie maci

Da u selkowyje pialuski,

Kap zajehdzali dy zachodzwali

S cuzoje staranuski.

Kap zajehdzali dy zachodzwali

S cuzoje staranuski.

Bila minie matula,

Da bierozowym prulom.

Da niezadajsia maje dzietocki

Da z hetym bilamutom.

With your mane so grey. Go swiftly, my horse, gallop To the home of my beloved. Go swiftly, my horse, gallop To the home of my beloved."

"Dost thou think me so- pretty?

Doth everyone love me?

And am I a maiden

Carved from the green oak ?

And am la maiden

Carved from the green oak?*'

No one has carved me.

My mother gave birth to me.

And in a happy hour

She wound me in swaddling clothes.

And in a happy hour

She wound me in swaddling clothes.

My mother swaddled me ' In silken swaddling clothes, So that on foot or horse, Travellers would stop here. So that on foot or horse, Travellers would stop here.

Then m\- mother struck me, With a birchen bough. " My child have no dealings With any gay fellow.

2* The original of these two lines is rather obscure, but the meaning is probably as above, since the oak is often used as a symbol of youth and vigour.