Течёт Большая Река [Techyot Bol'shaya Reka] [English translation]

They dance, rejoicing all day (hare-hare),

They've got the light to behold (hare-hare),

Great river flows - we give way (hare-hare),

And I'm sixteen years old.

If only we had earth under feet (hare-hare),

If only we had earth under feet (hare-hare),

If only we had earth under feet (hare-hare),

And that what we can't forget.

Why do we need all this grief? (hare-hare)

Why do we need all this grief? (hare-hare)

Great river is all that we need (hare-hare),

And place to fly like a leaf...