The Little Swallow

shchedryk, shchedryk
shchedrivochka
pryletila lastivochka
stala sobi shchebetaty
hospodarya vyklykaty
vyydy, vyydy, hospodaryu
podyvysya na kosharu
tam ovechky pokotylys
a yahnychky narodylys
v tebe tovar ves’ khoroshyy
budesh’ maty mirku hroshey
v tebe tovar ves’ khoroshyy
budesh’ maty mirku hroshey
khoch ne hroshi, to polova
v tebe zhinka chornobrova
shchedryk shchedryk, shchedrivochka
pryletila lastivochka

(New Year’s Carol)

A little swallow flew (into the household)
and started to twitter
to summon the master
"Come out, come out, O 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

A little swallow flew