Bajka Iskierki [English translation]

From the soot pit at little Adalbert

A spark winkles:

Come, I’ll tell you a fairytale

The fairytale’s going to be a long one

There was once Baba Jaga

She had a hut made of butter

And this hut was full of Wonder

Hush, the spark has went out

Little Adalbert looks and wonders

His eyes filled with tears

Why have you lied to me so

Little Adalbert will remember [that]

I will never believe you again

Oh small sparkle

You shine for a moment, then you go out

And this is the entire fairytale

Silver-haired grandpa plaits the nets

Into an amazing mosaic

He continues to tell the fairytale

To the troubled little Adalbert

There was once a princess

She fell in love with a busker

The king held a wedding for them

And that’s the end of the fairytale…