Атаман [Ataman] [English translation]

Oh, look and ensure you don't miss, hetman

Ensure that your hand doesn't tremble by chance

Ensure that you do not load blanks

And don't think of the hangman's noose

Otherwise the night will come, the night

And the fields and forests will leave us

The Heavens will cease to sing for us

And we will listen to the sounds of the ground

And then the day will come, the day

Each one will say "whatever happened, I don't recall"

And we'll march with the tune of the shepherd's flute

As one herd to the slaughter

God has endured and He ordered us to endure, so endure...

Oh, look and ensure you don't miss, hetman

Ensure that your hand doesn't tremble by chance

Ensure that you do not load blanks

And don't think of the hangman's noose