A Birch-Tree - Alexandrov Ensemble translation in English

A Birch-Tree

Vo polye byeryoza stayala,
vo polye kudryavaya stayala,
lyuli, lyuli, stayala, lyuli, lyuli, stayala. Nyekomu byeryozu zalomati, nyekomu kudryavu zashtshipati, lyuli, lyuli, zalomati, lyuli, lyuli, zashtshipati.
Paidu ya v lyes, pagulyayu,
byeluyu byeryozu zalomayu,
lyuli, lyuli, pagulyayu,
lyuli, lyuli, zalomayu.
Srezhu ya z byeryozyý tri prutotshka, zdyelayu iz nyikh ya tri gudotshka,
lyuli, lyuli, tri prutotshka,
lyuli, lyuli, tri gudotshka.
Tshetvertuyu balalaiku,
staromu dyedu na zabavku,
lyuli, lyuli, balalaiku,
lyuli, lyuli, na zabavku.

A Birch Tree

In the field, a birch tree stood,
In the field, a curly one it stood,
Lyuli, lyuli, it stood, lyuli, lyuli, it stood. No one to break the birch, no one to pluck its curls, lyuli, lyuli, to break, lyuli, lyuli, to pluck.
I'll go to the forest, I'll wander,
The white birch tree I'll break,
Lyuli, lyuli, I'll wander,
Lyuli, lyuli, I'll break.
I'll cut from the birch three twigs, I'll make from them three flutes,
Lyuli, lyuli, three twigs,
Lyuli, lyuli, three flutes.
The fourth, a balalaika,
For the old grandfather as a diversion,
Lyuli, lyuli, a balalaika,
Lyuli, lyuli, as a diversion.