Снегурочка
Lyrics
(Classical music, Russian folk elements, orchestral arrangement)
Intro: ([Slow, mournful strings, evocative of a cold winter night)]
(Verse 1)
(Soprano)
Luna над лесом, тихо страна, (Luna nad lesom, tikho strana)
Спит Берендей под снегом зима. (Spit Berendey pod snegom zima)
Spring descends, birds guide her way,
To Берендеевка to reside this day.
Verse 2:
(Tenor)
Снегурочка в лес глядит одна, (Snegurochka v les glyadit odna)
Песни Леля слышит из окна. (Pesni Lelya slyshit iz okna)
Yearning for love, a human delight,
A warmth she's never known, in the pale moonlight.
Chorus:
(Soprano & Chorus)
Ярило, Ярило, солнце гори, (Yarilo, Yarilo, solntse gori)
Любовь Снегурочки в сердце зажги! (Lyubov' Snegurochki v serdtse zazhgi!)
O' Sun, O' Sun, make her heart aflame
With love, like ours, whispering his name.
(Verse 3}
(Baritone)
Мизгирь презрел Купаву в тот час, (Mizgir' prezrel Kupavu v tot chas)
Краса Снегурочки пленила нас! (Krasa Snegurochki plenila nas!)
His love for her brought sorrow and pain,
For Kupava's broken heart, a love in vain.
(Verse 4)
(Soprano)
Весна дарит волшебный венец, (Vesna darit volshebny venets)
Любовь познала, тоски конец. (Lyubov' poznala, toski konets)
Love's embrace, she now knows her way,
Eternal love that brights up her day.
(Chorus)
(Soprano & Chorus)
Ярило, Ярило, солнце гори, (Yarilo, Yarilo, solntse gori)
Любовь Снегурочки в сердце зажги! (Lyubov' Snegurochki v serdtse zazhgi!)
O' Sun, O' Sun, make her heart aflame
With love, like ours, whispering his name.
(Outro)
(Strings swell and fade)
Солнца луч, любовь и печаль... (Solntsa luch, lyubov' i pechal'...)
Снегурочка ушла вдаль... (Snegurochka ushla vdal'...)
A sunbeam's kiss, it brights today.
A life of love and glory on the way