Comment
Recorded from
Nikolaj Lixachev
in 1986. This is another example of an individual song that describes a journey on the river Kolyma.
Translation
(7-1) Let's tell about our river. A long time ago we used to travel sliding down the middle of our mother Kolyma.
(7-2) We used to travel. Our mother Kolyma has many trees here.
(7-3) Our mother Kolyma is flirting with Kuntuk.
(7-4) It carries us, sitting on the top of mother Oroek.
(7-5) The voice of the Kolyma accordion reaches everywhere and people dance.
Glosses