У церкви стояла карета... [U tserkvi stoyala kareta...] [English translation]

A horse-carriage stood by the church

There was a magnificent wedding,

All the guests were dressed up,

The bride was all the more beautiful.

All the guests were dressed up,

The bride was all the more beautiful.

She wore a white dress,

The wreath of roses was pinned,

And upon the Holy Cross

She gazed through a rainbow of tears.

The wedding candles wre burning

The bride stood there, all pale

The priests rattled of their ritual talk

But she couldn't get a word over her lips

The priests rattled of their ritual talk

But she couldn't get a word over her lips

When the priest put on her finger

A golden ring

Her eyes wept bitter tears

Streaming all over her face

Her eyes wept bitter tears

Streaming all over her face

I heard the crowd saying,

The bridegroom is so unsightly (ugly)

This young maid is ruined for nothing

And I went out after the crowd.

A horse-carriage stood by the church

There was a magnificent wedding,

All the guests were dressed up,

The bride was all the more beautiful.

All the guests were dressed up,

The bride was all the more beautiful.

• Artist:Nadezhda Kadysheva