"These are deeds of long ago legends of hoary old age!" "We listen to his words!" "The sublime gift of the singer is to be envied" "His distant gaze foresees all secrets of the heavens and of mankind" "To the glory of the Russian lands resound, you golden strings" "Tell of our bold forefathers who battled against Constantinople" "May peace descend upon their graves!" "O honey-toned singer, sing for us the praises of Ruslan and fair Lyudmila and of the wedding crown Lel has woven for them" "After blessings sorrows ensue" "But sorrow is the pledge of happiness" "Together they created nature Belbog and gloomy Chernobog" "The flower of love and springtime is resplendent at dawn with a magnificent beauty" "But suddenly with the gust of a storm beneath the very azure of the celestial vault its leaves are all scattered" "The ardent bridegroom hastens to the secluded refuge in answer to love's call" "But fate, coming to meet him prepares for him an evil contest and threatens him with destruction" "What do I hear?" "Shall the villain perish at my hand?" "The secret meaning of his words is clear: my rival soon shall perish!" " Have faith in my love, Lyudmila!" " Ruslan, your Lyudmila is true to you!" " Dread fate shall not part us!" " The mysterious enemy frightens me!" "The storm scurries but an unseen power shall protect those true to love" "Mighty Perun is great!" "The storm clouds shall vanish from the skies and the sun shall appear once more!" "The storm of the heavens shall strike those untrue to their beloved!" "The unseen power of the heavens shall be our faithful shield!" "But the rainbow, that token of joy the child of rain and light shall appear again!" "Peace and bliss to the young couple!" "Lel will cover you with his wing!" "The awesome storm flying beneath the heavens shall spare those true to love" "Let the goblet be filled!" "For each of us the fateful hour is ordained!" "Prophetic songs do not frighten courageous men like me!" "Fill the goblets of our guests!" "Glory to Perun, and good health to us!" "Health, glory to the radiant prince!" "To him the crown in war and peace!" "May your power flourish mightily, great father of all Rus!" "There is a deserted land a joyless shore far off in the north" "The summer sun glazes down without rays on the valleys there" "But the centuries shall pass and a wondrous fate shall befall that barren spot" "There, a young singer shall start to sing to his golden strings in honour of his country" "And he shall save our Lyudmila and her knight from oblivion" "The singer has but few years upon this earth" "All those who gain immortality are in the heavens" "Health, glory to the radiant prince!" "To him the crown in war and peace!" "May your power flourish mightily, great father of all Rus!" "Long live the young prince and his dear bride!" "Let the light-winged Lel preserve their blissful repose!" "Let Did grant them fearless, mighty sons!" "May sacred love enchant their lives for many years!" "Let the trumpets resound brightly in the prince's house" "Let the goblets brim with light-coloured wine!" "Darling Lyudmila who is equal to you in beauty?" "Just as the stars grow dim in the moonlight at night" "Mighty knight, your enemy is before you, he is deserting the field" "The black vault of thunderclouds trembles in the sky as before a storm" "Rejoice, bold guests, and let the prince's house be merry!" "Let the golden goblets foam with sparkling mead and wine!" "Long live the young couple, the fair Lyudmila and Ruslan!" "Preserve them, kindly gods, for the joy of the people of Kiev!" "I am sad, dear father!" "My days with you have flashed by like a dream!" "How I shall sing:" "Oy, Lado!" "Did Lado!" "Disperse my sorrow, darling Lado!" "With my beloved beside me even a foreign land will be a paradise" "In my lofty chamber I shall sing as here, sometimes I shall sing dear father, I shall sing:" "Oy, Lado!" "About my love about our own Dnieper about our own broad Dnieper about our distant Kiev!" "Do not grieve, sweet child as if your only earthly joy were to stand at the window, carefree and amuse yourself with songs!" "Do not grieve, sweet child" "You will live happily" "Oy, dido lado Lel!" "Do not be angry, distinguished guest, that in the caprices of love I bear the first greeting of my heart to another!" "Which person with a righteous heart would make a cold-blooded vow to love against their wishes?" "Brave knight Farlaf, you were born on this earth under a happy star for love" "The tenderness of his beloved brightens our world but there is no happiness if love is not returned!" "Beneath the luxurious skies of the south your harem is abandoned without you" "Return there; with embraces your beloved will remove your warrior's helmet" "She will cover up your sword with flowers and she will delight your ear with a song" "With a smile and tears she will beg to lose herself in forgetfulness" "They are unhappy!" "is it my fault that my darling Ruslan is the most appealing that I give him the first greeting of my heart the true vow of happiness?" "My dear Ruslan!" "I am yours for ever!" "You are more dear to me than anyone!" "Radiant Lel, be for ever with her!" "Give her days filled with happiness!" "Radiant Lel be for ever with us!" "Give us days filled with happiness!" "Shield our fate with your emerald wings!" "My own children!" "The heavens shall give you happiness" "A father's heart can tell" "Keep their youth safe from storms and from the harmful chalice powerful, almighty, great Perun" "I swear to you, father given to me by heaven always to keep in my soul the union of love which you desire and the happiness of your daughter" "O my never-to-be-forgotten father!" "Oh, how sad am I to leave you and our blessed Kiev where l was so happy!" " And you, joy of my soul..." " Forgive me, dear knight..." " ..." "I swear to keep my love - ...for my involuntary sorrow!" "Distant, longed-for shore, o my Khazar lands!" "My hated enemy is gloating at me" "By what malevolent fate did I abandon your refuge!" "No, I shall not let you have my princess without a fight I only knew of grief by hearsay" "Henceforth I am yours!" "Let all your secret dreams belong to me alone!" "There everything is sweet rapture and beauty I am yours for as long as life surges in my breast!" "Until the earth of the cold tomb crushes my breast!" "Let me fly quickly to those well-remembered shores!" "Until the earth of the cold tomb crushes our breasts!" "To the dear maidens, to calm leisure to my former rapture and my feasts!" "Until the earth of the cold tomb crushes our breasts!" "Mysterious, entrancing Lel, you pour delight into our hearts" "We praise your power and might which are inescapable on earth!" "Oy, dido lado Lel!" "You turn this sorrowful world into a paradise of joys and comfort for us" "Through misfortunes and fear, you lead us to the couch of luxury" "You stir our hearts, and put a smile on our lips" "Oy, dido lado Lel!" "But you're also the god of jealousy:" "you fill us with avenging fire" "And on the couch of sweet raptures you deliver the violator to his enemy" "Thus you equal pain with joy so that we should not forget the heavens" "Dido lado Lel!" "All greatness, all wickedness, mortal man knows through you" "You lead us into the battle for our country as if it were a shining feast" "You crown with eternal laurels those who come through unharmed" "And those who fall you honour with a glorious funeral feast" "Mysterious, entrancing Lel, you fill our hearts with delight" "What has happened?" "is it the wrath of Perun?" "What a wondrous moment!" "What does this miraculous vision mean?" "And this feeling of numbness?" "And the mysterious darkness all around?" "What has happened to us?" "All is quiet beneath the heavens" "As before the moon is shining and the Dnieper with its anxious waves does not pound the sleepy shores" "Where is Lyudmila?" "Where is the young princess?" "She was talking to me here with quiet tenderness" "Hurry, my lads, run!" "Keep a watch on all the entrances to the palace!" "And the prince's courtyard, and the town around it!" "It was not for nothing that above our heads resounded the inescapable thunder of Perun" " Oh woe is me!" " Oh, woe is us!" "O children, my friends!" "I remember your past services" "Oh, take pity..." " ...take pity on an old man!" " Oh, the poor prince!" "Tell me, which of you will agree to ride in pursuit of my daughter?" "Whoever accomplishes this feat to him I shall give her hand together with half my kingdom!" "Who is prepared?" "O knights, let us hasten into the open field!" "Time is precious and our journey is far" "My mettlesome horse will carry me as freely as the wind on the steppes" "He has a keen sense on roads I know not he will fly without the bit to guide him" "Like a wondrous talisman a true sword will thwart the machinations of the enemy!" "Father Perun, keep them safe on their journey and thwart the machinations of their enemies!" "Welcome, my son!" "At last, the day has come which I foresaw long ago!" "We have been brought together by fate" "Ruslan, learn now that he who has insulted you is the fearsome sorcerer Chernomor" "No gaze has yet penetrated his dwelling" "You will enter there and the villain shall fall by your hand" "Forgive me an impertinent question" "But tell me, who are you my generous and inscrutable confidant of fate?" "Who brought you to this desert?" "My dear son!" "I have already forgotten the gloomy land of my distant birthplace" "Born a Finn, I used to drive the herds in valleys known to us alone" "But I was fated not long to live in joyful calm" "At that time near our village Naina, the flower of my solitude shone brightly with a wondrous beauty" "I met the maiden" "Fateful for my gaze, a consuming flame was my reward ln the depths of my soul I learned what love is with its heavenly joy and with its tormenting anguish" "Six months went by;" "and I with quivering lip told her:" ""Naina, I love you!" But with arrogance Naina heard my timid sorrows only besotted with her own charms" "And indifferently she replied:" ""Shepherd, I do not love you"" "I felt wild and gloomy my own dwelling, the shade of the oaks the merry games of the shepherds nothing could subdue my yearning!" "I incited a few bold fishermen to go in search of danger and gold" "For ten years, to the sound of damask steel we were stained red with the blood of our enemies!" "Ardent desires came true, my old dreams were realized" "The moment of our sweet meeting flashed brightly before me!" "To the feet of the haughty beauty I brought my blood-stained sword coral, gold and pearls" "Intoxicated with passion and surrounded by a silent swarm of her envious friends I stood before her like an obedient captive" "But the maid hid from me saying with an indifferent expression:" ""Hero, I do not love you!"" "What is the point of telling you, my son that which I have no strength to retell?" "Ah, even now I am alone" "With my soul deadened and on the threshold of the grave I recall my misfortunes" "And at times when a thought about the past appears down my grey beard rolls a heavy tear" "But listen: in my homeland amid the reclusive fishermen a wondrous art is kept secret" "Under cover of eternal silence in the depths of distant forests live grey-haired wizards" "I decided to win the heart of the cruel girl by means of spells and to light the flame of love by sorcery" "Unseen years went by and the longed-for moment came" "By means of enlightened thought I understood the terrible secret of nature" "In my dreams of young hope in the delight of ardent desire I hastily made an incantation and summoned up the spirits" "In the nocturnal gloom a thunderbolt sped by the magic whirlwind howled" "And suddenly before me sat a decrepit, grey old woman with a humped back and shaking head a picture of sorrowful decay" "Ah, knight, it was Naina!" "I was horrified and fell silent then suddenly I started to weep and to shout:" ""ls it possible?" "Naina, is that you?"" ""Naina, where is your beauty?"" ""Can it be that the heavens..."" ""...have so terribly changed you?"" "Alas, my son!" "Unfortunately my sorcery was wholly effective" "My grey-haired divinity was enflamed by a new passion!" "I ran away; but since then she has pursued me with eternal wrath loving evil in her black soul and burning with vengeance without end" "And of course, the old sorceress has become filled with a hatred for you" "But Ruslan, you must not fear malicious Naina!" "With hope and with a joyous faith go forth, take on all you meet, and be not downcast!" "Advance with your sword and a fearless heart forge a path for yourself northwards!" "I thank you, my wondrous protector!" "I shall hasten joyfully to the distant north" "Lyudmila's abductor does not frighten me!" "I shall accomplish the noble feat!" "But woe is me!" "My blood is boiling!" "Lyudmila is in the power of a sorcerer and jealousy has taken possession of my heart!" " Woe is me!" " Be calm, knight!" "A magical power is preparing charms for my Lyudmila!" "Jealousy is welling up!" "The power of evil shall not triumph over your princess!" "Where is the detested villain?" "Your Lyudmila is true to you" "My Lyudmila is true to me" "Your enemy is powerless before her" "Why daily!" "Forward to the distant north!" "There waits Lyudmila!" " Knight, farewell!" " Old man, farewell!" "I am all a-tremble" "Had it not been for the ditch in which I hid in haste I would no longer be in one piece!" "What am I to do?" "I tire of this dangerous journey!" "is it worth losing my life for the princess's pretty face?" "But who is that?" "It is a fearsome old woman, what is she coming this way for?" "You are putting yourself to a lot of trouble and all for nothing, believe me" "It will be difficult for you to find Lyudmila!" "She is far away" "Go home and wait for me" "You shall defeat Ruslan and win Lyudmila for yourself but only with my help!" "But who are you?" "I am dying with fear!" "The malicious smile of the old woman presages trouble for me for certain!" "Reveal yourself!" "Tell me, who are you?" "Why do you need to know?" "Ask not, but listen to me" "Go home and wait for me I shall help you defeat Ruslan and win Lyudmila for yourself" "You shall defeat Ruslan and win Lyudmila for yourself but only with my help!" "Here is a new worry for me!" "The old woman's look confounds me" "It is no less dangerous than the journey" "Oh, have pity on me!" "And if you can help me in my grief reveal yourself" "Tell me who you are!" "Know then that I am the sorceress Naina!" "Oh, horror!" "But don't fear me!" "I am well disposed to you!" "Go home and wait for me" "We'll carry off Lyudmila in secret and for your exploit Svetozar will give you her hand" "I shall lure Ruslan by magic into the seventh kingdom" "There he shall perish without trace!" "Oh, joy!" "I knew it, I felt before that I alone was destined to accomplish such a glorious feat!" "The hour of my triumph is at hand!" "My detested rival will be far away!" "Knight, your search is in vain" "The sorceress will not let you reach Lyudmila" "Lyudmila, you weep and groan in vain you await your beloved in vain" "Wailing, tears - nothing will help" "Reconcile yourself to Naina's power!" "The hour of my triumph is at hand!" "My detested rival will be far away!" "Knight, your search is in vain" "The sorceress will not let you reach Lyudmila" "Ruslan, forget about Lyudmila!" "Lyudmila, forget your intended!" "At the thought of possessing the princess my heart feels joy and in advance savours the sweetness of revenge and love" "The hour of my triumph is at hand!" "My detested rival will be far away!" "Knight, your search is in vain" "The sorceress will not let you reach Lyudmila" "With cares, anguish and grief you rove around, my valiant rival!" "Do battle with your enemies!" "Effortlessly I'll achieve my goal as I wait at home for Naina's command" "The longed-for day is at hand the day of rapture and love" "Lyudmila, you weep and groan in vain you await your beloved in vain" "Wailing, tears - nothing will help" "Reconcile yourself to Naina's power!" "The hour of my triumph is at hand!" "My detested rival will be far away!" "Knight, your search is in vain" "The sorceress will not let you reach Lyudmila" "O field, field!" "Who has strewn you with dead bones?" "Whose mettlesome horse has trampled you in the final hour of the bloody battle?" "Who with glory has fallen upon you?" "Whose prayers have the heavens heard?" "Why, o field, have you fallen silent and become overgrown with the grass of oblivion?" "Perhaps I shall not escape the time of eternal darkness!" "Perhaps, on the silent hill Ruslan's quiet tombstone will be erected and the resounding strings of the bayan's gusli will not speak of him!" "But I need a trusty sword and shield" "On my difficult path I am unarmed" "My horse has fallen, the child of war" "My shield and sword lie in pieces!" "Give me, Perun, a sword of damask steel a warrior's sword, tempered in the heat of battle forged by thunder in the fateful storm!" "It shall blind the enemies like lightning and send them fleeing from the battlefield!" "It shall blind the enemies like lightning" "O Lyudmila, Lel promised us happiness" "My heart believes that the storm will pass that fate will be assuaged and will give me back your love and your embraces that it will strew my life with flowers" "No, my enemy's rejoicing will be short-lived" "Give me, Perun, a sword of damask steel a warrior's sword, tempered in the heat of battle forged by thunder in the fateful storm!" "It shall blind the enemies like lightning and send them fleeing from the battlefield!" "I shall scatter them like dust in the wind" "Towers of copper will fail to protect them!" "Help me, Perun, to strike down my enemies!" "Fearsome spells do not frighten me" "Give me, Perun, a sword of damask steel!" "O Lyudmila, Lel promised us happiness" "My heart believes that the storm will pass that fate will be assuaged and will give me back your love and your embraces that it will strew my life with flowers" "No, my enemy's rejoicing will be short-lived lt is in vain that a magical power masses thunderclouds above us" "Perhaps the sweet hour of meeting, Lyudmila, is already near at hand!" "In my heart which you so love I shall give no place to anguish" "Provided I have a sword in my hand I shall strike down everything before me!" "Who is roaming about there?" "Reckless stranger!" "Begone!" "Do not disturb these forgotten bones!" "I guard the eternal sleep of decomposing knights from uninvited guests!" "A wondrous encounter!" "An inscrutable air!" "Begone!" "Do not disturb these forgotten bones!" "I guard the eternal sleep of decomposing knights from uninvited guests!" "I am slain!" "The sword which I so desired!" "In my hand I feel all your worth!" "But who are you?" "And whose is this sword?" "There were two of us, my brother and I I was famed for my enormous height, and my strength in battle" "My brother, the wicked sorcerer Chernomor was endowed with a wondrous power in his long beard" "Your brother is the wicked sorcerer Chernomor?" "The wondrous sword was kept at a splendid castle lt threatened us both with death" "Then through bloodshed I won the sword" "Each of us wanted to keep the sword in our possession" "What do I hear?" "is this not this sword which is fated to cut off the beard of Chernomor?" "Whilst conceding the sword, my brother said:" ""Whichever of us can hear a voice beneath the earth shall have the sword"" "I put my ear to the ground but the crafty dwarf cut my head off with the sword" "And he flew with my head to this deserted spot so that I should keep the sword safe beneath me" "Mighty knight, it is yours now!" " Let treachery be punished!" " This wonderful sword shall put an end to insidious malice!" "A nocturnal gloom descends on the field" "A cold wind has risen from the waves lt is already late, young traveller!" "Take shelter in our joyful chamber!" "Here is sweet rapture and rest for the night and in the daytime merriment and feasting" "Come in response to our invitation!" "Come, o young traveller!" "Here you will find a swarm of beautiful maidens their words and embraces tender" "Come to our secret invitation!" "Come, o young traveller!" "When dawn comes we shall fill your goblet to bid you farewell" "Come to our tranquil invitation!" "Come, o young traveller!" "Knights!" "In vain do you search for Lyudmila!" "For Ratmir Gorislava sheds tears in vain!" "Chernomor's castle you will not reach!" "Here you will all perish through Naina's magic!" "What sweet sounds were those drifting to me in the silence?" "Like the voice of my beloved they soothe the torments in the depths of my soul!" "Which traveller were they inviting?" "Alas!" "Not me!" "With whom am I to share my sufferings in a foreign land?" "Luxurious star of love you have set for ever!" "O my Ratmir!" "Love and peace summon you to your own dear refuge" "Can it be that in the flower of my years of love I am to say:" ""Farewell for ever"?" "Was it not for you that my dear Russia became a foreign land for me?" "Whilst hiding the flame of jealousy, did I not listen humbly when the kerchief betokening sweet rapture in the silence was not thrown to me?" "O my Ratmir!" "Love and peace summon you to your own dear refuge" "Can it be that in the flower of my years of love I am to say:" ""Farewell for ever"?" "Anguish has driven me from the peaceful harem to search for you" "Oh, return to your own dear shore!" "Can the wedding crown be heavier than the helmet?" "And the sound of trumpets, and the clash of swords more appealing than the singing of your wives?" "The shade of night has replaced the heat and the sultriness" "Like dreams the stars of the calm night caress the soul and the heart into a sweet slumber" "Sleep, sleep you weary soul!" "Let sweet slumber embrace me!" "No, sleep evades me!" "Familiar shadows are darting all around!" "There is a longing in my blood!" "And a forgotten love has been rekindled in my memory!" "And a swarm of living apparitions speaks to me about the abandoned harem!" "O the luxurious flower of the Khazar lands my captivating maidens make haste to me here!" "Like rainbow dreams fly to me, wondrous maidens!" "Ah!" "Where are you?" "The wondrous dream of a true love awakens the fire in my blood" "The tears burn my eyes" "My lips are aflame with sweet bliss" "The shades of the mysterious maidens quiver in passionate embraces, ah!" "Do not fly away do not forsake the amorous lover in the ardent hour of love!" "Do not fly away!" "Dear maidens!" "The passionate sound of loving words the sparkling brilliance of youthful eyes the airy forms of young maidens speak to me of the past" "In the darkness a smile flashes like summer lightning lt shines joyfully like a past love in my heart" "Do not run away, do not fly away youthful maidens, dear maidens in the ardent hour of love!" "The wondrous dream of a true love awakens the fire in my blood" "The tears burn my eyes" "My lips are aflame with sweet bliss" "The shades of the mysterious maidens quiver in passionate embraces" "Do not run away, do not fly away do not forsake the amorous lover in the ardent hour of love!" "O my Ratmir!" "You are here with me again!" "Give me the transports of former times in your embraces!" "Let me know and then suppress the suffering of our parting with a real and passionate embrace!" "But do you do not recognize me?" "Does your gaze search for someone?" "Oh, come back my dear beloved to your old love!" "Tell me, how have I angered you?" "Can it be that love and suffering..." "Why love?" "Why suffer?" "Life was given to us for joy!" "You are pretty, but you are not the only one you are not the only pretty one" "Leave your tiresome dreams and seize the hour of pleasure!" "How long we have awaited you at the hour of sunset!" "You appeared in reply to our invitation and brought us transports of delight!" "Stay with us, dearest and share with us the joys of life" "Do not chase us away for a trifle" "Do not search for futile glory" "How luxuriously, how carefree you will spend your days with us!" "Oh, do not believe in those deceitful caresses!" "No, it is not with love, but malicious mockery that the eyes of the vengeful maidens sparkle!" "Shall I find my grasping enemy soon?" "Can this be his abode?" "Here is another whom Naina has sent to his perdition as our guest!" "He is dazzled!" "His eyes are covered by a languorous rapture!" "You will fall under Naina's spells!" "O valiant knight!" "Take pity on a poor maiden, the rejected victim of love!" "I smoulder with passion for my fair beloved" "But he has been spirited away by a crowd of charmers he does not see, he does not remember his Gorislava!" "I have sacrificed everything for him" "Give him back his heart return his love to me!" "That sad look, enflamed by passion that voice, those words, those elegant movements arouse my heart" "And the dear image of Lyudmila is growing dim, vanishing" "O gods!" "What is happening to me?" "My heart aches and beats so fast" "Why love?" "Why suffer?" "Life was given to us for joy!" "My entreaties are in vain!" "Why love?" "Why suffer?" "Life was given to us for joy!" "He is entranced!" "O gods!" "Take pity on an unfortunate maiden!" "Set the old feelings ablaze in Ratmir!" "That sad look, enflamed by passion, arouses my heart" "Why love?" "Why suffer?" "Life was given to us for joy!" "O gods!" "Take pity on an unfortunate maiden!" "Set the old feelings ablaze in Ratmir!" "The true life is to search for pleasure and enjoyment" "O gods!" "What is happening to me?" "Oh, woe is me!" "The gods do not heed the cry of my heart!" "Woe to you!" "Here you are in the power of Naina!" "All your efforts will not help you nor save you from the sorceress!" "I have no strength left to overcome the torments of my heart!" "We have drawn you into a cunning trap" "We have lulled you to sleep with our artful caresses" "Woe to you, poor travellers!" "Here you are in the power of Naina!" "Woe, oh woe to you!" "Knights!" "The crafty Naina has succeeded in seducing you by deception ln shameful bliss you have forgotten your noble feat!" "Heed me now!" "Fate makes its commands known to you through me" "Ratmir, do not be captivated by false hope you will find happiness only with Gorislava" "Lyudmila shall be the beloved of Ruslan immutable fate has thus decreed!" "Away, enchantments!" "Away, castle of deceit!" "Now Lyudmila awaits our help!" "Before courage, the power of magic shall fall away!" "We need not fear the dangerous path" "It is a fine destiny:" "either to fall or to vanquish!" "Far away from my beloved, in captivity why should I go on living any longer in this world?" "O ruinous passions you torment me and foster hopes!" "I do not fear the sorcerer's power" "Lyudmila will know how to die!" "Waves, o blue waves!" "Give peace to my soul!" "Submit to the commands of fate o beautiful princess!" "Everything here lures you towards delights life here is full of joys!" "Oh, what is life to me?" "What joy?" "Who will bring joy back to me?" "Mutual love had scarcely greeted my tender years the day of bliss had scarcely dawned and Ruslan is no longer with me!" "And happiness has vanished like a shadow like the sun behind the mist!" "Do not grieve!" "Do not grieve, dear princess!" "Brighten up your pretty looks!" "This castle, this land and its owner are all yours to command!" "Do not grieve, dear princess!" "Why remember the past with sorrow?" "Here the golden sun is brighter the moon is more languid at night-time!" "Youthful maiden, invisible creatures fly to you with the jealous attention of love and solicitously preserve your days here" "Ah, my bitter fate!" "Too soon my sun has been hidden behind dark thunderclouds in the eye of the storm!" "I am never again to see my dear father nor my precious knight!" "I am to pine away with my hapless fate!" "Ah, my bitter fate!" "Too soon my sun has been hidden behind dark thunderclouds in the eye of the storm!" "I am never again to see my dear father nor my precious knight!" "I am to pine away with my hapless fate!" "Do not grieve, dear princess!" "Brighten up your pretty looks!" "This castle, this land and its owner are all yours to command!" "I do not want your gifts nor your tedious songs, nor your feasts!" "To spite you I shall die in agonizing exhaustion amid your gardens!" "This castle, this land and its owner are all yours to command!" "Yield to love, to respectful and passionate love" "You mad sorcerer!" "I am the daughter of Svetozar, I am the pride of Kiev!" "It is not magical charms which have subdued a maiden's heart for ever but the knight's eyes which have set my soul on fire!" "So, wizard, cast your spells:" "I am ready to die!" "You will not be able to change a maiden's scorn!" "You mad sorcerer!" "I am the daughter of Svetozar, I am the pride of Kiev!" "It is not magical charms which have subdued a maiden's heart for ever but the knight's eyes which have set my soul on fire!" "Let peaceful sleep calm the heart of the maiden!" "Let sorrow and grief fly far away from her!" "Forgetting her intended let the princess be as cheerful as a child here" "Then she will not be able to evade the power of Chernomor!" "The unexpected stranger shall die!" "Not a few knights have perished before the fearsome tower of the magic castle" "The unexpected stranger shall die!" "Oh wonder!" "What do we see!" "Where has the knight got to?" "is he capable of doing battle with the mighty sorcerer?" "Fate threatens us with calamity!" "Who shall be the victor and who shall perish?" "And what fate will befall us?" "And how will the battle end?" "Victory, victory, Lyudmila!" "What does your sleeping mean?" "Lyudmila, I am here!" "The villain is vanquished!" "Love has destroyed his spells!" "She is held fast in a magical sleep!" "It is in vain that the villain has been vanquished!" "His evil power is not defeated!" "O joy of my life, my youthful bride!" "Can it be that you do not hear the groans of your beloved?" "But her heart is quivering and pounding a smile flutters about her dear lips" "A mysterious fear racks my soul!" "O friends!" "Who knows whether it is to me that this smile flies whether it is for me that her heart trembles?" "A seething jealousy consumes him!" "Jealousy involuntarily feeds the one who loves!" "A blind jealousy consumes him!" "Perun is taking his revenge for the dwarf's beard!" "O friends!" "Perhaps she has betrayed my hopes?" "Could my unfortunate Lyudmila have overcome the machinations of the wizard?" "Lyudmila, give my heart your reply!" "Am I bitterly to say to bliss: "Farewell"?" "The girl's innocence plays in the blush of her rosy cheeks" "The colour of the snowy lily sparkles triumphantly on her youthful brow" "Quickly, to our homeland!" "We shall call together powerful wizards and restore joy to her again or we shall celebrate the mournful funeral feast!" "Quickly we shall travel to the south, and there on Kiev's banks we shall call together powerful wizards and restore the princess to life!" "Mighty knight, glorious knight, let our destiny be fulfilled" "We are ready to go with you and the sleeping princess" "Quickly, to our homeland!" "Quickly we shall travel to the south and there we shall call together powerful wizards" "She is my life she is my joy!" "She has returned to me again my lost youth my happiness and love!" "She is my life, she is my joy!" "She has returned to me again my lost youth my happiness and love!" "The beautiful maidens loved me but it was in vain that the lips of these young captive maidens promised me transports of delight" "For Gorislava I have abandoned them!" "I shall leave my carefree harem and in the shade of delightful groves I shall forget my weighty sword and helmet and with them all glory and adversaries!" "She is my life she is my joy!" "She has returned to me again my lost youth my happiness and love!" "All is quiet!" "The camp sleeps!" "Near to the enchanted Lyudmila Ruslan has forgotten his woes in a deep sleep" "The poor knight is not able to free the princess from the magic spell" "Rest calmly I shall watch over your peaceful sleep" "And tomorrow we shall make our way to Kiev!" "Perhaps we shall rest there and our grief shall pass" "In terrible disarray, in wild trepidation the camp gloomily assembles:" "Ruslan has gone!" "Secretly and mysteriously the princess has disappeared;" "night spirits, lighter than shadows have abducted the pretty maiden!" "Without knowing his purpose, Ruslan has made off in pursuit!" "What do I hear?" "Lyudmila gone?" "Perhaps she is again in the power of evil sorcerers!" "Ruslan has made off after her;" "my poor knight has disappeared into the gloom of the night" "Who will save them?" "Where is our deliverer?" "Why does Finn delay?" "Be calm!" "Time is passing, and tranquil joy shall appear" "The sun of life shall rise above you and tranquil joy shall reign!" "Be calm!" "That was the final blow of wicked Naina" "Another destiny is calling you the intrigues of evil spells shall pass!" "You have destroyed her evil snares!" "You have saved them from Naina" "Be their protector once again and help them in this dread hour" "Help them as before, be their support against their enemies" "You are with us and I believe again in hope and bliss" " Be calm!" "Time is passing..." " l am calm!" "...and tranquil joy shall appear" "The sun of life shall rise above you and tranquil joy shall reign!" "I shall tear asunder the evil snares!" "My power shall save them again and happiness shall shine again for Ruslan and Lyudmila" "Hasten to Kiev with this magic ring" "On the way you will see Ruslan" "This ring will rouse the princess from her sleep" "She shall awaken to joy once more and be as lively and pretty as before I shall take the ring to Kiev and deliver it to Ruslan with hope" "This ring will rouse the princess from her sleep" "She shall awaken to joy once more and be as lively and pretty as before" "The end of our suffering is nigh" "We shall forget past grief and the fresh wedding garland shall adorn the princess's brow I shall take the ring to Kiev" "On the way you will see Ruslan" "This ring will rouse the princess from her sleep" "She shall awaken to joy once more and be as lively and pretty as before" "The end of our suffering is nigh" "We shall forget past grief and the fresh wedding garland shall adorn the princess's brow" "Joy shall enfold all the mirthful guests!" "Go then, my knight, quickly to Kiev!" "Quickly to Kiev!" "Ah, darling Lyudmila, rouse yourself, wake up!" "Why have you closed so soon your blue eyes like shooting stars in a rosy dawn and brought us such anguish and grief?" "Ah, darling Lyudmila!" "Wake up!" "Why have you closed so soon your blue eyes like shooting stars in a rosy dawn and brought us such anguish and grief?" "Woe is us!" "It is a mournful hour!" "Who can break this wondrous sleep?" "How miraculous that the princess sleeps so long!" "Farlaf!" "You have brought Svetozar Lyudmila's mute corpse!" "Knight, awaken her!" "Give me back my daughter!" "Give me back my life!" "Everything has changed!" "Naina's spells have deceived me!" "Lyudmila will not awaken!" "I feel fear and shame to look upon the poor princess" "O Farlaf!" "Knight of woe!" "Awaken the princess with your valorous word!" "The little bird will not wake in the morning if she does not see the sun" "She will not come to her senses, and her singing will not ring forth!" "Ah, Lyudmila, the grave must not claim you, sweet princess!" "The grave, the tomb!" "What songs are these!" "Can it be that her terrible sleep is eternal?" "Fear and shame look me in the eyes!" "Naina, take pity, Farlaf is doomed!" "Our prince, hasten to the temple, offer up sacrifices and prayers!" "The anger of the father of the gods shall overcome sorcerers" "The little bird will not wake in the morning if she does not see the sun" "She will not come to her senses, and her singing will not ring forth!" "Ah, Lyudmila, the grave must not claim you, sweet princess!" "The grave, the tomb!" "What songs are these!" "Can it be that her terrible sleep is eternal?" "Fear and shame look me in the eyes!" "Naina, take pity, Farlaf is doomed!" "Our prince, hasten to the temple, offer up sacrifices and prayers!" "The anger of the father of the gods shall overcome sorcerers" "The little bird will not wake in the morning if she does not see the sun" "She will not come to her senses, and her singing will not ring forth!" "Ah, Lyudmila, the grave must not claim you the young knight will rouse you from your sleep!" "Whom do the gods send to us?" "What news shall we hear?" "Ruslan?" "O joy!" "Ruslan?" "O joy!" "Joy, unclouded happiness and the transports of love" "What will happen to her?" "They will be returned to you my tender beloved!" "What will happen to her?" "The time of our wicked separation shall evaporate like mist" "Wake up, fair bride for the joy of everyone!" "Joy, unclouded happiness and the transports of love" "She is coming back to life!" "They will be returned to you my tender beloved!" "She is coming back to life!" "The time of our wicked separation shall evaporate like mist" "Ah, where am I?" "What has happened to me?" "O joy, my beloved husband!" "How sweet is the hour of meeting for a young, joyful couple!" "Glory to Lel, glory!" "To Lad and the gods!" "That is an end to parting!" "O mighty Finn!" "Your solemn vow has come true!" "Great and glorious is the mighty Finn!" "He has defeated Naina!" "The joy in my heart flows out in a heavenly stream!" "Mirth again brightens us with its dawn!" "Ah, that was a oppressive dream!" "I have my beloved back!" "And my friends and my father!" "That is an end to parting!" "O mighty Finn!" "Your solemn vow has come true!" "Glorious is the mighty Finn!" "Glory to the great gods!" "Glory to our sacred homeland!" "Glory to Ruslan and his princess!" "Let the young couple flourish in all power and beauty!" "Let our homeland shine with glory and happiness in later centuries!" "Gods, with your mighty hand keep your faithful sons in peace and happiness" "Do not allow our bitter and predatory enemies dare to rise up against our descendants!" "Now the gods have given us joy!" "Let the joy and the pleasures of pure love be with you always!" "Do not forget your friend, he is always with you heart and soul!" "Life shall flash by as a playful stream!" "Wicked grief shall find no place!" "Let the memory of mournful days be a dream!" "Let the memory of grief be but a dream for you!" "Let the young couple flourish in all power and beauty!" "Let our homeland shine with glory and happiness in later centuries!" "Gods, with your mighty hand keep your faithful sons in peace and happiness" "Do not allow our bitter and predatory enemies dare to rise up against our descendants!" "Now the gods have given us joy!" "Let the joy and the pleasures of pure love be with you always!" "Do not forget your friends, they are always with you heart and soul!" "Life shall flash by as a playful stream!" "Wicked grief shall find no place!" "Let the memory of mournful days be a dream!" "Let the memory of grief be but a dream for you!" "Glory to the great gods!" "Glory to our sacred homeland!" "Glory to Ruslan and his princess!" "Dear land let the sounds of your glory race on to distant countries!" "May our dear land flourish for all time to come!" "Bitter and predatory enemies!" "Fear its power!" "Over the entire earth our homeland shall cast its shadow!" "Glory!"