Rytuał [English translation]

Young Cossack:

Listen, Maria! My dear!

You’ve put your fate into my hands,

I can not give it to you,

what you dreamed , what you deserved.

*CHORUS: The sun is low, the evening is near

I will smile to you, my dear! **

(Sontze nizen'ko, vechir blizen'ko

Spishu to tebe, moye serdien!)

Young Cossack:

I’m a prisoner myself, like you

It is not in my power to decide my fate

Your fate has long been sealed

The bottom of the well is destined to you

CHORUS: The sun is low...

Young Cossack:

Hey! My servant, faithful Vasylisa!

Tie dear Maria up, let her stop wriggling

Before I start the bloody ritual

I want her to listen to me carefully

Young Cossack:

I will tell you dear Maria!

Beautiful like endless wild steppes

A sad story, a ballad about love

Let it sweeten the fading moments of your life.

Listen!

• Artist:Percival Schuttenbach
• Album:Dzikie Pola