I was still very young
Chased after some pond birds at the time
When she had come to bathe
The beautiful archpriest's daughter
She didn't know where I was
That I'm looking at her through the sedge and reeds
And over the river the night descended
Like a cloak
The moon shines over the willows
The sky bejeweled by swarms of stars
And drops of water like pearls
Glimmering all over her
Oh, crazy heart, crazy dreams,
Already all my friends turned bachelors
Yet I wanted only the one
The beautiful archpriest's daughter
A strange song resounds through the street
That winter the wedding party had come for her
From afar, some other world
Foreign to me
And I just walked down the street
The first snow was falling
And still, at times, jingle the bells
That are carrying her to who knows where
To marry, I have when
Here, I remained a bachelor till now
But I had never again met
The beautiful archpriest's daughter
A life, simple, calm
Sometimes I toss a card, or write a verse
Things happen
And I keep myself out of their way
I'm loving good ones, I'm loving easy ones
Some of them right, some not
And all are faeries, all of them queens
And all insignificant compared to her