Текст песни Ліна Костенко - Українське альфреско

UKRAINIAN ALFRESCO

Above the road, at the valley, near the old hornbeam,
where the white-and-white lodge stands alone,
the grandfather and grandmother live there, and the little girl in them has a few
she apparently bears their testicles of gold.

There's a yard full of sweethearts, such dahlias bloom,
and black-eyed cherries stand up to the cold.
Dandelions swing along the whole path,
and the weary stork descends upon the barn.

Someone's baby comes and takes him in his arms.
And then they sit still for a long time.
I know my grandparents are when there are grandchildren,
and the neighborhood kids eat mulberry.

The road and the road lie behind the pumpkins.
And someone goes to someone that way in gold.
The world's latest fairy tale sits beneath images.
Dumplings look like dahlias through the mud…