Игорь Растеряев - Вепсская песня
текст песни

Once upon a time outside Podporozhye
I had to go visit
And on all the road signs
A cheerful elk is drawn
You please, moose calf
Caress your gaze from the signs to me
But be careful not to show off
On the road surface

And he lives outside Podporozhye
Humble little people
They speak Vepsian
Metskas heyyan heyyan here
There are bear roads
There is a dense Vepsian forest
And my friend Sergei Ivanovich
The most cheerful Veps

He and I ride on a loaf
Behind the golden cloudberries
And we wash down the wickets
Perch fish soup
In a world of extinguished lighthouses
Where they'll eat you for a nickel
He is the most original to me
Flashing beacon

Oh cloudberry, path-path
Turn around, spread your furs
Plays a Russian accordion
Friend of the Vepsian hand
Our fire burns beautifully
And scares all the wolves
In the middle of big Russia
Hundreds of different coals

There is wealth in every coal
Its special ardor and heat
In this coal brotherhood
All strength and all soul
Sparkles fly to the sky
So that a star can shine there
Like small nations
Creating the Milky Way

And to these small peoples
Mountains, forests, fields, steppes
Ivanovich and I in Vepsian
We salute: “Gyuva drink”!
And sitting down by the Vepsian spruce
Let's rake up the coals of the fire
To warm each other stronger
Despite all the winds

And sitting down by the Vepsian spruce
Let's rake up the coals of the fire
To warm each other stronger
Despite all the winds