Stefania (Stefania) Lyrics in English by Kalush Orchestra (Kalush Orchestra)

Колискову translates to "lullaby". It's a beautiful and evocative word that immediately brings to mind a sense of comfort, childhood, and a mother's love.

In the context of "Stefania", a song dedicated to a mother, asking her to "Заспівай мені мамо колискову" (Sing me a lullaby, mom) is incredibly poignant. It captures the deep longing for the solace and warmth of a mother's voice, making it a central theme of the song's emotional core.

Stefania is a song for a mother. The chorus calls her by name again and again, and asks her for one simple thing: sing me a lullaby, let me hear your own dear words one more time.

Underneath the request is the reason for it. The field blooms while she turns grey, so time is moving in two directions at once and the singer is watching it happen. He remembers being rocked to sleep, and says she is the one who gave him his rhythm and his will. On broken roads, he sings, I will always find my way back to you.

The second verse is where the tenderness gets complicated. He is grown now, out of his swaddling clothes, and he tells her that is enough, she can stop worrying. In the same breath he admits she still spends her nerves on him, that to him she is still young, and that if he stops valuing her care while chasing his own success he will end up nowhere. Then the lullaby comes back one last time to close the song.