Чистые пруды [Chistye prudy] [English translation]

For everyone of us there're places on this Earth,

Where we keep coming back to be alone for moments,

Where mem'ry's like a line from postcard's quiet berth

Will heal your aching heart from grief when it is yearning.

Crystal clear ponds, and timid sister-willows

Like young girls calmed down by water still,

Crystal clear ponds, the centuries' green dream,

My distant shore of childhood,

Where accordion sings trills.

And I am rushing there, where gracious sunlight pours,

And rowboats in the pond are like the giant sunspots,

From this place you and I went into whirl of years,

And now I'm here again, and you'll come back, I'm hopeful.

Crystal clear ponds, and timid sister-willows

Like young girls calmed down by water still,

Crystal clear ponds, the centuries' green dream,

My distant shore of childhood,

Where accordion sings trills.

One day you'll trace on foot the Boulevard Ring steps,

And in your memories we'll meet again most likely,

Calm waters will reflect familiar lovely face,

And heal the lonely heart, and soothe the nerves so lightly.

Crystal clear ponds, and timid sister-willows

Like young girls calmed down by water still,

Crystal clear ponds, the centuries' green dream,

My distant shore of childhood,

Where accordion sings trills.

For everyone of us there're places on this Earth,

That're getting over years much closer, more endearing,

In there the breaths are free, and innocence of Earth

Will make us for a blink much happier and younger.

Crystal clear ponds, and timid sister-willows

Like young girls calmed down by water still,

Crystal clear ponds, the centuries' green dream,

My distant shore of childhood,

Where accordion sings trills.