Stay, I Pray You [Finnish translation]

[Count Ipolitov:]

How can I desert you

How to tell you why

Coachmen hold the horses

Stay, I pray you

Let me have a moment

Let me say goodbye

To bridge and river

Forest and waterfall

Orchard, sea, and sky

Harsh and sweet

And bitter to leave it all

[Ensemble:]

I’ll bless my homeland

Till I die

How to break the tide

We have shed our tears

And shared our sorrows

Though the scars remain

And tears will never dry

I’ll bless my homeland

Till I die

[Anya:]

Never to return

[Dmitry:]

Finally breaking free

[Anya, Dmitry:]

You are all I know

You have raised me

[Vlad:]

How to turn away

How to close the door

[Anya, Dmitry, Vlad:]

How to go where I have

Never gone before

[Ensemble:]

How can I desert you

How to tell you why

[Everyone:]

Coachmen hold the horses

Stay, I pray you

Let me have a moment

Let me say goodbye

Harsh and sweet

And bitter to leave it all

I’ll bless my homeland

Till I die

[Anya, Dmitry:]

I’ll bless my homeland

I’ll bless my homeland

[Anya:]

I’ll bless my homeland

Till I die