Know enough Russian to use the dictionary, anyway:



Kalinka means a kind of carplike fish. Possibly in the context a pet name. Could also be a diminutive of "kalina", a kind of tree.

V sadu, in the garden. Yagoda, berry. Malinka, raspberry bush.

Sosnuyu probably should be sosnoyu: pod sosnoyu, under the pine or fir tree.

Spat' polozhite vy menya, lay me down to sleep.

Krasavitsa, beautiful woman. Dusha, soul. Devitsa, maiden.

Pozhaley zhe ty menya, Have pity on me. (Zhe is an emphatic particle; ty means thou).

Kalinochka & malinochka are diminutives. The extra syllables don't add much to the meaning, but are perhaps affectionate.

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