В. Высоцкий
Lyric song
V. Vysotsky
Fir-branches resemble a fluttering hood,
And birds scared twitter with fear, -
You live in a wild and mysterious wood,
One cannot get out of here.
Let a wind dry bird cherries like clothes in May,
Let a lilac rain downwards swaying, -
All the same from this place I will take you away
To the castle with reed-pipes playing!
By wizards your world for a crowd of days
Was covered from me and from people, -
And you think that nothing could ever amaze
Like this wood in mystery deep all.
Let the dew on the foliage the dawn no lay,
Let the moon with the dull sky fall out, -
All the same from this place I’ll take you away
To the tower the ocean about!
What day of a week, or what time of a day
You’ll come out to me with care,
When in my arms held I’ll bring you away
Where no one can find us in there?
I will steal you if theft to your thinking is nice, -
Was it worth what I did my strength breaking?!
Please, agree at the least to the “hut paradise“
If the castle and tower are taken!
Translation by Natalie Golightly