Don't marry a rich woman,
She will cast you out of the house,
Don't marry a poor woman,
For you shall have no sleep.
Marry only your free will,
Your cossack's fate.
She'll be what she is,
if naked- then naked.
No one to irritate you,
and no one to amuse you -
No one to ask you
Where or why it hurts.
They say it is easier
to have someone to weep with.
Make no mistake: It is a lot easier
To weep when seen by no one.

 

1846

Translation: Roman Turovsky-Savchuk 3/10/2008

 

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