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This Belarusian song is an ethnographic material recorded by folklorists in 1975 in Soligorsky district, Belarus. It is sung on the celebration of the solstice, called Kupalle. The archaic text of the song contains traditional mythological images - Kupalka, as pesonified image of midsummer celebration, and a witch, from whom people need to protect wheat and cows, because it is able to spoil wheat and take milk from cows on midsummer night.
Išła Kupałka pa vulicy
Prasić Illišču na ihryšča.
Nie pajdu ja, Kupałačka,
Nie pajdu ja - ciomna noč.
Budu žyta pilnavaci,
Kab viedźma nie załamała.
U karoŭ małaka nie zabirała.
A ŭ karoŭki kruty rožki,
Da j vykali viedźmie vočy.
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Ішла Купалка па вуліцы
Прасіць Іллішчу на ігрышча.
Не пайду я, Купалачка,
Не пайду я - цёмна ноч.
Буду жыта пільнаваці,
Каб ведзьма не заламала.
У кароў малака не забірала.
А ў кароўкі круты рожкі,
Да й выкалі ведзьме вочы.