Зима [Zima] [English translation]

The longship was sailing away down the river,

Wind was carrying my song after you,

I waited in vain, wore out my eyes,

But the wide stream pool grew mantled in ice.

Winter came, skies grew cold,

Years fly by under blizzards' cloak.

The braid on my shoulder turned white

And my love cannot thaw the ice.

All wide world became all white snow,

The ice won't overflow with the water of life.

A friend told me, a neighbor too:

Had your brave-hearted falcon forgotten you?

The rush-light burns out, will burn to ash,

My spindle is spun by the snowstorm alone,

And by now I myself am as white as the snow,

But I will keep waiting for you even so.

And by now I myself am as white as the snow,

But I will keep waiting for you even so.