Russian: “The little doves flew in, the doves began to coo and rock the little son.” The six Russian lines are a folk lullaby of the kind that wishes the child dead, as recorded in Buryatia in 1988.
Russian: “Hush-a-bye, lullaby, I’ll give you a beating.”
Russian: “Twenty-five blows, and baby will sleep soundly.”
Russian: “Hurry up and die, there’ll be frost tomorrow, we’ll carry you to the graveyard.”
Russian: “Daddy will make a little coffin out of aspen boards.”
Russian: “We’ll carry you, carry you, and bury you in the black earth.”