Below, I translated the lyrics of the song Доля (Dolia) by Krechet from Ukrainian to English.
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Tam de ya
There I am
Promeni
Rays
Tam zemlia
There the earth
V polumi
In flames
Tam de ya
There I am
Dolia moia
My fate
I volia
And the will
Tam polia
There the fields
Zorani
Plowed
Neba shliakh
The sky is the way
Zorianyi
Starry
Tam de ya
There I am
Dolia moia
My fate
Moia dolia
My fate
Oi, prosty
Oh, forgive
Boh mene
God me
Vid zlosti
From anger
Borony
Harrows
Lehkosti
Ease
Khlopu molodomu
To the young man
A dolia
And fate
Dala bil
Given pain
Do rany
To the wound
Klala sil
Put salt
Slala u
Sent to
Stezhynu nevidomu
An unknown path
Dala voliu sensu dolia
Given freedom to sense fate
Maie moie sertse zoria
My heart has a star
Dali bude doroha neiasna
Furthermore, the road will be unclear
Myla moia, liuba moia
My dear, my dear
Slozy pada niby v dytia
Tears fall like a child
Zabyrai mene, doky ne zghasla
Take me away until they fade
Tam de ya
There I am
Promeni
Rays
Tam zemlia
There the earth
V polumi
In flames
Tam de ya
There I am
Dolia moia
My fate
I volia
And the will
Tam polia
There the fields
Zorani
Plowed
Neba shliakh
The sky is the way
Zorianyi
Starry
Tam de ya
There I am
Dolia moia
My fate
Moia dolia
My fate
Skilky na viku meni rokiv zhyty?
How many years do I have to live?
Skilky v kolosku sokiv maie zhyto?
How many juices does rye have in an ear of corn?
Skilky b ne bulo zabyraiu vse
No matter how much I take everything
Viter nad hrechanym polem holos khvyliamy nese
The wind over the buckwheat field carries my voice in waves
Khai mene v dorohu perekhrestiat zori
Let the stars cross my path
Zaplelys shliakhy z babusynykh istorii
The paths from grandmother's stories are intertwined
Ya vkloniusia vsim, znovu za porih
I will bow to everyone, again over the threshold
Khai lyshaietsia moie dytynstvo v ridnomu dvori
Let my childhood remain in my native yard
Iz ochei sloza, a v richok techiia
From the eyes of a tear, and in the rivers flow
Ye dvi storony, ta tilky, de chyia?
There are two sides, but only, whose is it?
Maiu mamyn khlib na sertsi z pechi ya
I have my mother's bread on my heart from the oven
Tozh mene vedy sohodni dolia moia
So lead me today, my destiny
Iz ochei sloza, a v richok techiia
From the eyes of a tear, and in the rivers flow
Ye dvi storony, ta tilky, de chyia?
There are two sides, but only, whose is it?
Maiu mamyn khlib na sertsi z pechi ya
I have my mother's bread on my heart from the oven
Tozh mene vedy
So lead me
Tam de ya
There I am
Promeni
Rays
Tam zemlia
There the earth
V polumi
In flames
Tam de ya
There I am
Dolia moia
My fate
I volia
And the will
Tam polia
There the fields
Zorani
Plowed
Neba shliakh
The sky is the way
Zorianyi
Starry
Tam de ya
There I am
Dolia moia
My fate
Moia dolia
My fate
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Доля — Fate / Destiny
Доля translates to "fate" or "destiny". It's a profound and central theme in Ukrainian culture and literature, often carrying a sense of predetermined path or fortune.
In Krechet's song, "Доля" is not just a title but a recurring motif, representing the speaker's life journey, challenges, and perhaps even a guiding force. The lyrics repeatedly refer to "Моя доля" (my fate) and question its path, making it a deeply personal and evocative word that resonates throughout the song.
"Доля" means "fate" or "destiny," and that word carries the whole song. Krechet and Alyona Alyona sing about a life bound to the land it comes from: fields, rye, and the light over the sky.
The verses lean on plain, homegrown images: a mother's bread from the oven, salt pressed into a wound, paths passed down through a grandmother's stories. The singer questions their fate and feels torn between two sides, but keeps returning to one answer: fate itself leads them home.
By the end, the song settles into a quiet promise. Wherever life takes the singer, their childhood, their village, their fate, stays theirs to come back to.
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