Щедрик [Shchedryk] [English translation]

Shchedryk, shchedryk, a shchedrivka;

A little swallow flew [into the household]

And started to twitter,

To summon the master:

"Come out, come out, Oh master [of the household],

Look at the sheep pen,

There the ewes have yeaned

And the lambkins have been born.

Your goods [livestock] are great,

you will have a lot of money, [by selling them].

If not money, then chaff: [from all the grain you will harvest]

You have a dark-eyebrowed [beautiful] wife."

Shchedryk, shchedryk, a shchedrivka,

A little swallow flew.

Shchedryk, shchedryk, a shchedrivka,

A little swallow flew.

Shchedryk, shchedryk, a shchedrivka;

A little swallow flew

And started to twitter,

To summon the master:

"Come out, come out, Oh master,

Look at the sheep pen,

There the ewes have yeaned

And the lambkins have been born.

Shchedryk, shchedryk, a shchedrivka,

A little swallow flew.

Shchedryk, shchedryk, a shchedrivka,

A little swallow flew.

• Artist:Tina Karol