# What is this song (Russian?  Chinese?)

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-song-russian-chinese/230608>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [February 23, 2004, 4:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-song-russian-chinese/230608 "2004-02-23T04:40:45Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![NoCoolUserName](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/5fc32e/32.png) [@NoCoolUserName](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NoCoolUserName)\
**Post date:** [February 23, 2004, 4:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-song-russian-chinese/230608/1 "2004-02-23T04:40:45Z")

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Tykha nich, svyata nich  
Yasnist’ bye vud zirnyts’  
Dytynon’ka presvyata  
Taka yasna mov zorya  
Spochyvaye u sni  
Spochyvaye u sni

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**Author:** ![Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/earl_snake-hips_tucker/32/3269_2.png) [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earl_Snake-Hips_Tucker)\
**Post date:** [February 23, 2004, 4:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-song-russian-chinese/230608/2 "2004-02-23T04:52:10Z")

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[http://silentnight.web.za/translate/ukranian.htm](http://silentnight.web.za/translate/ukranian.htm)

However, I don’t speak Ukrainian, so I can’t attest to the accuracy.

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**Author:** ![karomon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/f07891/32.png) [@karomon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/karomon)\
**Post date:** [February 23, 2004, 2:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-song-russian-chinese/230608/3 "2004-02-23T14:23:45Z")

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That’s “Silent Night”, in some Slavic language, but not Polish.

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**Author:** ![NoCoolUserName](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/5fc32e/32.png) [@NoCoolUserName](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NoCoolUserName)\
**Post date:** [February 24, 2004, 5:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-song-russian-chinese/230608/4 "2004-02-24T05:26:23Z")

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Thanks folks. Clearly my brain refused to work once again. Good thing I can count on all of you.