(English Translation - Courtesy of Richard Handal)

In the forest near the Danube river,

there is a nightingale singing,

he sings to gather everyone from his family

In the forest near the Danube river,

there is a bass vibrating and a fiddle crying,

I think of a place where my lovely one is strolling now

In the forest near the Danube river,

I am sick with my loneliness,

crying, I want to fly like a bird,

to where my lovely one is now.

(Anonymous / Traditional Ukrainian Folk Song)