"Glory to the radiant sun!" "Glory in the highest" "Glory to Prince Igor!" "Glory to Russia" "Glory to brave Prince Trubchevsky" "And to Vsevolod Svyatoslavich" "Glory to the prince" "To young Vladimir of Putivl" "To the Prince of Rylsk, glory" "Glory to Russia" "From the great river Don to the sea across the Polovtsian steppes" "Their glory is heard in lands unknown" "Glory to the princes" "Fair maidens sing their praises along the Danube" "Their song runs from the coast to Kiev" "Glory to the princes and their armies" "Forward into battle against Russia's enemies" "God grant you victory" "Forward against the Polovtsian Khans" "We'll wash away our wrongs in enemy blood" "Crush the enemy as you did at Oltava and Varla" "We fight for our faith for Russia and the people" "I'd break my sword for Russia in the Polovtsian steppes" "We shall fall with honour or return in victory" "Glory" "Princes, it is time to depart" "What is this?" "The sun is going dark" "This is an omen from God" "The sun is crescent-shaped like the moon" "This is a bad omen" "The stars are shining in daylight" "The earth is covered in darkness lt is night" "Prince, do not go" "This is a sign from God" "We shall see if it bodes well or not" "We cannot escape destiny." "What is there to fear?" "We'll fight for our faith and for Russia" "Should we turn back without fighting?" "Perhaps it would be better not to go" "Let's mount our horses and ride to the sea" "Glory" "Let them go, but we'll stay here I'm afraid." "Perhaps we'll be killed" "Let's find a better job" "With Vladimir Yaroslavich, Prince Galitsky" "Right!" "We'll have food and drink" "And we'll stay alive" "Let the wives of the princes and boyars come to be kissed farewell" "My love, stay here with me" "This is the wrong moment." "Please do not go" "That omen promises misfortune for us both" "Do not weep, my beloved wife" "We cannot turn back I have never felt so afraid before" "We have often had to say farewell" " l know what you will say" " Duty demands that I go" "The prince is right." "You cannot turn back" "Farewell" "Farewell, my love" "Farewell" "God protect you" "Pray for us" "I entrust my wife to her brother" "Guard your sister" "Ease her grief with your wisdom" "I entreat you as a brother" "You can trust me." "I owe you much" "When my father and my brothers banished me you showed me pity and sheltered me" "You reconciled my father to me I was welcomed home and forgiven thanks to you" "I am glad that I could help you" "It is time to depart" "Bless us, holy father." "Bless us for battle" "Bless the princes and the armies" "May God assist you in battle and bring you victory" "Sing the praises of the princes and armies" "Glory to the multitude of stars" "Glory in the high heavens, glory to our princes" "Glory with us in Rus" "In the sun, without water the poor little flower withers" "Its head droops and its leaves hang sadly" "But when night falls the air will be cool" "The dew will dampen the ground and water the flower" "The flower will come back to life" "When our heart feels sad it is like a parched flower" "It withers and pines and waits for a gentle embrace" "But when night falls our lover will come" "He'll bring joy to a pining heart" "The heart comes back to life like a flower in the dew" "The light is fading" "Let our songs and dances..." "Night casts its veil of darkness" "Night, fall more quickly" "Cloak me in darkness" "Conceal me in your mist" "The time of our meeting has come" "When will my love come?" "Doesn't he know I'm waiting?" "Where are you, my love?" "Answer, where are you?" "Answer, my love I'm waiting for you" "The sun sets over the mountains" "The daylight disappears" "The sky sends the moon for the night lt moves across, protecting it lt lightens the earth and protects us" "It is time to rest" "The daylight has faded and the sun has set" "Night has fallen and shadows cover the steppes" "The warm southern night!" "It calls for dreams of love, spreading warmth in my blood lt calls me to this tryst" "Are you waiting for me, my love?" "My heart tells me you are" "Oh, where are you?" "Answer my call of love" "Shall I see you soon?" "Quickly, answer my call of love" "Remember, I'm suffering I'm waiting for your love" "I love you more than I love life" "Why are you late?" "Come to me" "Don't be afraid" "Everyone is asleep sleeping peacefully" "Oh, where are you?" "Answer my call of love" "Shall I live to feel your embrace?" "Quickly, answer my call of love" "Come under cover of night" "When only the stars watch us two alone" "Everyone is asleep around us" "Everyone is sleeping" "Come" "is that you, Vladimir, my love?" "I've been longing for you" " Do you love me?" " Do I love you?" "Oh, my joy" "Yes, I love you with all my heart" "My beloved I love you with all my heart" "Life is nothing without you" "Will you soon be mine?" "Shall I soon be yours?" "Soon I shall call you my wife" " Yes, soon I'll call you my wife" " Your wife, my love" " My love" " Say the words of love again" "Let me hear them again, my love" " l love you with all my heart" " Love me with all your passion" " Will I be your wife?" " Will you be my wife?" "Oh, my love" " You are mine - l am yours" "Will your father give his consent?" "No" "As long as we are prisoners he will not consent" "But my father already agrees" "Go, someone is coming" "No, there's no one I hear footsteps." "It's my father" "Don't be afraid" " Forgive me" " Are you going?" "No sleep or rest for my troubled soul" "Night brings neither comfort nor oblivion I live the past again alone in the silence of the night" "The omen from God" "Our celebrations and my victory over the enemy" "The sad end to my glory" "Defeat, my capture" "The loss of all my men fallen in the battle for their country" "My glory and honour are gone, I've disgraced my country" "Shameful captivity" "That is my destiny and I am held to blame" "Give me my freedom and I shall atone I will redeem my honour and glory" "I'll save Russia from the enemy" "Only you, my love, will not blame me" "With your sensitive heart you will understand" "You will forgive me" "Watching from the high tower your eyes have grown tired" "Day and night you wait for your love" "You weep bitter tears" "How can I spend my days in pointless captivity knowing the enemy is sacking Russia?" "The enemy is like a wild beast" "Russia groans in its grip and I am held responsible" "Give me my freedom and I shall atone I'll save Russia from the enemy" "No sleep or rest for my troubled soul" "The night brings no hope of escape I live the past again alone in the silence of the night" "There is no escape" "I am so miserable" "How cruel it is to know how powerless I am" "A word, prince I've long wanted to speak to you" "What do you want?" "Look, the dawn is chasing away the darkness" "It will dawn for you and Russia" "There is a way I know a way" "You?" "I will find you swift horses" "Make your escape in secret" "What?" "I, a prince, run away in secret?" "Think what you're saying" "Forgive my bold words" "But think about what I said" "You must escape for Russia's sake" "Save your country your faith, your people" "Enough!" "Perhaps Ovlur is right" "I must save my land" "But there is no other way" "Perhaps this is the dawn for me and Russia and the light of the sun will shine once more" "Escape: is it possible?" "I am the Khan's prisoner" "Leave me alone" "You have not promised allegiance to the Khan" "You have not sworn on the cross" "You are right, Ovlur" "Thank you for your help, I shall think about it" "Are you well, prince?" "Why so sad, my guest?" "What are you thinking about?" "Are the nets torn?" "Are the hawks not quick enough to catch a bird in flight?" "Then take mine" "The net is not torn and the hawks are good" "But a falcon cannot live in captivity" "Have you always thought yourself a captive?" "But you are not a captive, you are my guest" "You were wounded at Kayala and captured with your men" "You were given to me as a hostage" "But here you are my guest" "You are seen here as a Khan" "Everything is at your disposal" "Your son and your army are with you" "You live as I do, as a Khan" "You must admit, captives do not live like this" "Like this?" "No, my friend, you are not my prisoner" "You are my honoured guest" "Believe me, prince, I admire you for your courage for your bravery in battle I respect you and have always liked you" "I am not your enemy, I am your host" "You are my guest" "So tell me what you dislike" "Take any horse you want, any tent" "Take my treasured sword" "I have shed much enemy blood with this sword ln bloody battles my sword inspired terror of death" "Everything here bows to the Khan I have long inspired terror here" "I am courageous, I know no fear" "All fear me" "All tremble before me" "But you did not fear me or beg for mercy I'd like to be your friend, not your enemy your brother, believe me" "Do you want a slave girl from beyond the Caspian Sea?" "If you want one say the word I will give you one" "I have many beautiful women" "Their hair lies like snakes on their shoulders" "Their black eyes look out from under dark brows" "Why are you silent?" "You can choose any one you want" "Bring the slaves" "Let them dance and sing and drive away thoughts of sadness" "I bear no grudge against you I would like to repay your kindness" "But life in captivity is no life as you yourself have felt" "Captivity?" "Shall I let you go home then?" "Promise you will not raise your sword against me and not stand in my way" "No, a prince cannot lie." "I shall speak honestly I cannot make that promise" "Give me my freedom and I shall rally my troops once more" "I shall attack you again I will stand in your way and try to win the Don again" "I like your frankness." "That's how I am, too lf we had been allies we'd have conquered all Russia" "We'd have roamed like two beasts drinking enemy blood" "We'd crush them under our heel, impale or behead for nothing" "What do you think?" "But you don't agree" "Sit down" "Let our song fly on the wind to our homeland" "There we sang it when we were free" "There, under burning skies the air is filled with happiness" "There the mountains dream at the sound of the sea" "There the bright sunshine lights up our hills" "Roses bloom in the valleys" "Nightingales sing, sweet grapes grow" "There our song is free" "Fly home" "Sing songs of praise to the Khan" "Praise the power of the Khan" "Praise the Khan" "His glory is like the sun" "His glory has no equal" "The slave girls praise the Khan" "Do you see the prisoners from distant shores?" "Do you see the beauties from across the Caspian sea?" "My friend, I'll give you any one you desire" "Sing songs of praise to the Khan" "Praise his generosity and his mercy" "Terrible to his enemies who matches the Khan in glory?" "He rivals the sun in brilliance" "He matches his ancestors' glory" "Khan Konchak" "Entertain the Khan with dancing" "Entertain our Khan with dancing" "Hail to Vladimir!" "Play!" "The river did not swell" "The river did not flood" "The prince's men went walking and seized a maiden" "Hey!" "They rejoiced" "They started playing" "They praised their prince with songs" "Long live Prince Vladimir Galitsky" "The girl begged for mercy at the prince's feet" "'Oh, merciful prince'" "'Let me go home' 'l want to go back to my father and mother'" "'Let me go home, do not disgrace me'" "Hey!" "They rejoiced." "They started playing" "They praised their prince with songs" "Long live Prince Vladimir Galitsky" "Have you enjoyed yourself, prince?" "It's no secret that I hate to be bored I would not live a day of Prince Igor's life I love princely pleasures" "I love a merry life" "If I were a prince of Putivl what a life I'd lead" "If I were the prince of Putivl I would know how to live" "I'd govern while feasting and drinking" "I'd dispense justice my way, with a drink" "Sing and make merry" "At night I'd call for the prettiest girls" "They'd sing praises to me, their prince" "The prettiest ones would stay with me" "I'd love them all night long" "If this were to happen I'd have a life of pleasure I'd never be bored." "I'd know what to do I'd organise the state and take over the treasury I'd live as I please, that's what power is for" "If I were prince everyone would get what they deserve" "Both me and you" "No one would forget us" "Make merry!" "Long live Prince Galitsky" "But what about the princess?" "My sister?" "A meek nun who belongs in a convent" "She'd pray for forgiveness for my sins" "Let's go to the palace to drink the prince's mead" "Let's reward the people with a cask of wine" "Long live Prince Galitsky" "What misfortune" "Your servants have abducted a girl" "A lovely girl" "Have pity, let her go" "Why are you howling?" "The girl has her own room" "She will not be harmed" "What more could she want?" "There's no reason to cry" "She will live like royalty with no work and no worries" "She will have the best to eat and drink" "Now be off and remember:" "I will not let her go" "What misfortune, dear prince" "Let her go back to her father and mother" "Have pity, let her go" "I will not let her go" "Now hurry away, or it will be worse for the girl" "There's nothing to cry over, nothing to plead for" "Back to father, back to mother" "Empty-handed they came and went" "Off they trotted" "Wait, young fellows, listen" "What if the princess hears and puts us in prison?" "Who cares about the princess?" "There are lots of us, but she has no men" "Her people have gone to fight." "What have we to fear?" "Besides, the princess is stingy with wine" "Who will oblige her?" "No one, of course" "Not like Prince Vladimir" "He's a real father to his people" "Look, he's given us wine" "In the palace of Prince Vladimir Vladimir Yaroslavich all his men have gathered" "Fine, princely drunkards" "The courtiers were moaning, oh, we drank too much" "We drank to everything, to you, our prince" "Take pity on us, dear father" " Beer for us!" " Brew!" " Give us sweet mead" " And plenty" " Vodka!" " The best!" " Strong beer" " Bring it now" " We'll stay, prince" " Our prince" " Our father" " Our father" " We're your faithful servants" " We are yours" "For you, dear prince, we will die" "Our father Vladimir said:" "'You drunken servants of mine...' '...how could I not pity you for your bitter life'" "'Your work is hard'" "Our life is a miserable one" " Every day" " Work" " Morning to midday" " Work" " Midday to dusk" " Work" " Sunset to sunrise" " Work" " The work isn't light" " Nor is mine" " The worry is great" " So is mine" " The work is hard" " So is mine" " The duties are many" " So are mine" "Sing and make merry" "Here's to our prince's health" "That's who should be ruling Putivl" "Why not crown him now?" "There are no soldiers, Igor is far away" "What have we to fear?" "All the troops have gone, there's no help" "There was a revolt in Posemye" "All the princes were killed" "Let's go to the square and get a crowd together" "Let's oust Igor and enthrone Vladimir" "The prince's men went on a spree and crowned the prince of Russia" "They made merry." "They started singing" "They praised their prince with songs till morning" "'l want my father, I want my mother'" "'Oh, let me go home'" "A long time has passed since my beloved Igor and our son Vladimir and our brother Vsevolod led the army against the Polovtsians" "I do not know what to think I should have heard from the prince by now" "If only I could have some news of Igor" "My heart senses misfortune" "My heart is aching with fear" "Sorrow oppresses me" "Where have the happy times gone when my beloved was with me?" "Those days have gone" "Alone, I grieve from morn to dusk" "Alone I weep throughout the night I long for my beloved with all my heart" "I long for a message from him" "But there's no message and he doesn't come" "And I am so lonely" "My sleep is filled with nightmares" "Often I dream my beloved is with me" "We are together again" "He beckons to me to follow him" "Then he fades away" "And I am alone again" "Terror and sorrow torture my soul" "Then I wake in tears that I cannot contain" "Once I knew no sorrow, when my beloved was with me" "But those days have gone." "Sadness has enveloped my heart I weep all day, I weep all night I have one thought only, one worry in my heart" "He doesn't come or send a message" "Yet such a long time has passed" "Will my husband come back soon?" "Shall I still be alive to greet him?" "Where is he, my beloved prince?" "Princess, some maidens have come to see you" "They plead for justice" "May they enter?" "Why, let them come in" "Dear princess, we have come to plead" "We plead for justice." "Defend us" "Last night someone broke in and abducted a girl" "He dragged her to his palace" "We begged him not to dishonour her to let her go" "He refused, and threatened us" "He cursed and beat us" "He chased us away" "We beg you for justice" "Do not forsake us" "Tell him to give back the girl" "Order him to release her" "Who is it who took the girl?" "Tell me, who?" "Come on, tell her" "Tell me who it was" "We don't dare" "We are afraid" "What is there to hide?" "Let us tell it all" "Forgive us, do not take offence lt's our prince, Vladimir Galitsky" "For a long time he's offended all Putivl" "Since Igor went things have been worse" "No one can live in peace in the towns or the villages" "Galitsky and his friends revel day and night" "Shamelessly drunk, they insult everyone" "They're worse than the Polovtsians" "No one can live decently but no one can stop them" "They're not afraid of anyone and Prince Igor isn't here" "You can stop him." "We beg you" "The prince!" "Vladimir" "Last night you broke into a house" "You seized a girl" "You took her away to the palace" "is this true?" "Tell me, who is she?" "Who is this girl?" "Whoever she may be is none of your concern I'll keep whomever I seized" "I don't know who she is and don't wish to know" "There are lots of girls in the world." "I can't know them all" "Whether you're happy or not whether you like me or not you should welcome me as a guest" "Give me the place of honour" "Offer me a drink, and curtsy as you do it" "Or did I interrupt your discussion with the rabble?" "Did I interrupt the princess?" "When and where will your insults end?" "When and where will your insolence end?" "But Igor will return and I'll tell him everything" "Then you will answer for all that you've done" "Why should I care about Igor?" "It makes no difference if he returns or not" "I am the prince here I am the master of Putivl" "One word to the people and I'd be on the throne" "The people will elect me, all Putivl is on my side" "Then I would demand an answer from you" "Keep this in mind and don't get angry with me" "Are you threatening me?" "Enough, stop, I was only joking l wished to see you angry" "If only you knew how anger becomes you" "Your eyes flash and your face blazes" "You are beautiful and young" "Your husband left long ago, you must be bored on your own" "Are you as stern with others as with me?" "is there no one you secretly love?" "Will you be true to Igor?" "No, I don't believe it lt's impossible" "Have you forgotten I'm the princess that the prince gave me his power?" "I will have you sent back to our father in Galich" "Let him deal with you" "Set the girl free" "And leave this room" "Oh, I see" "Very well, I'll let the girl go" "And I'll take another one" "I am trembling I can hardly control myself" "If only the prince would return at once" "My soul would have peace I am tired." "This is too much for me" "Welcome, boyars." "I am pleased to see you" "You are my counsellors and support the prince's rule" "You are my friends in joy and grief I am pleased to see you" "But tell me why you have come" "I'm afraid there's some misfortune" "Tell me I must know" "Be brave." "We have bad news, princess" "We have come with bad news" "What has happened?" "Russia has been invaded by enemy forces" "Oh, God" "They are coming closer" "Their leader is the Polovtsian Khan Gzak ls there no end to our woe?" "Where is our army?" "Where is our prince?" "Boyars, where is the prince?" "is our army defeated?" "is our prince dead?" "The whole army fell in battle against the enemy" "The prince was wounded" "He is a prisoner with his son and brother" "My love is wounded and a prisoner" "No, I don't believe it" "So is it true, the prince is wounded and captured?" "is the enemy approaching?" "Boyars, tell me what we should do" "With no prince and no army, who will defend the city?" "Who?" "It will not be the first time that we have faced the enemy" "The city is safe, its walls are solid" "Our fortress is strong" "The city is safe, God will help us" "We shall defend Putivl" "The walls and forts are not the only protection" "Our strength is the Lord our loyalty to you and the prince and our love for our country" "Thank you, boyars I'm pleased by your words I trust you and hear truth in what you say" "Grief had stolen my courage away" "But your words give me strength" "There is hope again in my soul" "Bells" "The alarm" "The alarm heralds misfortune" "Oh, Lord!" "The enemy has attacked" "Holy Virgin, help us" "This is a punishment from God" "We cannot escape the judgement of God" "The army comes home in triumph" "Glory to our courageous army" "Glory to the terrible Khans" "Gzak returns victorious." "The army leads prisoners" "Glory to the terrible Khans" "Khan Gzak is terrible and glorious" "Trumpets herald our victory" "Tambourines resound" "Glory to the terrible Khans" "They have burned down villages" "They have captured beautiful women" "They have sown the fields with enemy bones" "Glory to the Polovtsian Khans" "Khan Gzak prowls the steppe like a tiger" "He slaughtered his enemies and burned their houses" "The enemy is defeated" "Their corpses cover the ground" "Glory to the terrible Khans" "Our swords brought us victory" "Fortune is on our side" "Soon all Russia will be ours" "Many victories followed the battle of Kayala" "We captured Rimov and burned Putivl" "The fame of the Polovtsian Khans is spread far and wide" "All the world bows to us" "We have no equal on this earth" "Glory to Gzak and Konchak" "We burned many villages and towns" "Now there are only steppes where the towns once stood" "Many people died and now beasts howl in the villages" "Widows and mothers moan" "Dead children lie on the steppes" "Beasts and birds swarm on the corpses" "Our swords brought us victory" "Fortune is on our side" "Soon we will capture all Russia" "Many victories followed the battle of Kayala" "We captured Rimov and burned Putivl" "The fame of the Polovtsian Khans is spread far and wide" "All the world bows to us" "We have no equal on this earth" "Glory to Gzak and Konchak" "Sound the horns" "Let's divide the prisoners and share the spoils" "Let's feast till nightfall and praise the Khans in song and dance" "Bring the most beautiful slaves to my tent" "Tomorrow we'll hold a council to plan a new attack" "Watch the captives closely or the guards will die" "Let us go" "Why did I not fall on the field of battle?" "Why did I not fall in the fight with my regiment?" "Death, why did you not close my eyes?" "I would have slept in the sands of Kayala with my regiment" "There is no crueller punishment than to live in shame to spend your life in shameful captivity and to know that you are guilty" "Captivity is worse torture than execution" "My captivity is worse than death" "I have become my country's shame Igor is reproached in Rus" "Princes of Russia, avenge my shame" "Save our native land" "Vsevolod the Great with your oars you can splash all the Volga" "You can empty the Don with your helmets" "You have not sown the Kayala with Russian bones" "Ryurik and David like an angry lion wounded by an arrow you have broken the enemy's horses" "You have not fed the Kayala with Russian blood" "Mstislav and Roman long ago you waged war against the Polovtsians" "The Yatvingians and Lithuania fear you" "You did not drown Russian forces in the Kayala" "Six-winged lngvard and Vsevolod bar the way to the enemy" "You have not destroyed your regiments in the Kayala" "Princes, forget discord" "Put your escorts together and strike at the enemy" "Crush their vile power" "You are not reproached." "God will help you" "You will save holy Rus" "For you, not Igor, are the prince" "Prince, get ready to leave" "The people are drunk, the guards are asleep" "I have the horses ready I'll wait by the river for you and your son" "When all is clear I'll whistle" "Then you both have to run to the river" "Jump across the reeds like stoats" "Cross the river like swans" "Leap to the horses like a whirlwind" "Together we'll fly off under the cloak of darkness" "Go, make ready the horses." "We will wait" "Prince Igor has fled" "Ovlur gave him a horse." "Hold his son" "Saddle your horses." "Let your arrows fly" "Run to catch the fugitive" "Run across the steppes" "Tie the prince to a tree and shoot him with arrows" "No, do not touch him." "I will not let you have him" "Call all the Khans" "We'll ask them what to do" "Here is Khan Konchak" "What is this noise?" "My daughter, why are you here?" "Igor has escaped" "Ovlur betrayed us and gave him a horse" "He ran off with him" "Good for him I was right to admire him" "In Igor's place I would have done the same" "We should have been allies, not enemies" "Kill the guards" "But leave the prince alone" "These are my orders" "Konchak, allow us to speak" "We have always sought your advice in war" "The falcon has flown the nest and the young falcon will follow" "While he's still here we'll shoot him with a golden arrow" "Isn't it better to kill the captives so that they don't escape?" "No." "The falcon may have flown off we'll trap the young one with a pretty maiden" "Here, take your wife, Vladimir" "You are not my enemy but my son-in-law" "Tomorrow take down your tents" "We march on Russia" "March on Russia!" "We'll defeat the enemy" "We'll take prisoners and plunder" "Glory to Khan Konchak" "I weep bitter tears I send my tears in the early morning to my love across the sea" "I'd like to fly like the cuckoo to the distant Danube I'd plunge my sleeve in the Kayala" "I'd wash the wounds on the prince's bleeding body" "O broad Dnieper" "You clove your way through rocks to the Polovtsian lands" "You carried Svyatoslav's boats to the camp of Kubiak" "Mighty Dnieper, dear Dnieper" "Bring me back my love so that I will not shed bitter tears and send them to my beloved across the sea" "Red sun, you shine brightly in the clear sky" "You warm everyone with your caress" "You are dear to all" "O sun, red sun" "Why did you scorch the prince's army with your heat?" "Why did you dry the archers' bows in the desert and seal their quivers with weariness and sorrow?" "Why?" "It was not the raging wind that brought us misfortune" "It was Khan Gzak who defeated us" "He came like a raven and sowed destruction" "Khan Gzak attacked us" "Like a wolf devouring the flock Khan Gzak destroyed the villages" "What destruction." "Villages burned and fields deserted" "The enemy has brought everything to ruin" "No happy songs in the fields for years to come" "Someone's moving in the distance." "Two horsemen" "One has Polovtsian clothes." "Have they invaded us?" "God save us." "What can we do?" "We could not defend Putivl" "The other has Russian clothes." "He's not a simple soldier" "He seems like a man of power" "Perhaps a Russian prince has come" "But who could it be?" "Where has he come from?" "I cannot imagine who it is" "It cannot be." "It's a dream" "No, it's Igor's face Igor's beloved face." "It's the prince" "My prince has come back" " My bright falcon, my beloved" " My dearest, my beloved" "Oh, my beloved" "My joy lt's like a dream." "Has he really come back?" "I cannot believe my eyes, I don't believe deceptive dreams I've seen you so often in my dreams" "Tell me it's not a dream" "No, I've come back." "I hold your hand in mine I look into your eyes and hear your voice" " My beloved has returned" " Your beloved has returned" " l will have peace once more" " We are together, my love I see my love once more I have happiness, joy and peace again" " My love, my gift from heaven" " My beloved joy" " My heart longed for you" " My dear beloved" " My love, my all" " You are with me, my love" "How did you escape?" "I fled in secret" "When I learned the enemy was here I fled to save this land to call on all Russia I've come to gather the regiments and summon the princes to stand again against the enemy" "I see my love once more I have happiness, joy and peace again" " My love, my gift from heaven" " My love, my beloved joy" " My heart longed for you" " My dear beloved I shall rally the people and attack the Khan again" "The Khan, the horror of Russia, will fall" " l'll vanquish the enemy" " The Khan will fall" "Play, play, praise the prince" "Prince Igor, Prince of Seversky" "A prisoner, he gazes at the steppes" "He fell to the Khan, dishonoured" "He lost his army and he's a prisoner" "Against reason he led his regiments into battle at the wrong time" "He murdered his people on the steppes" "He left his forces in the quicksand" "He dammed ponds and paved bridges with Russian gold and silver" "He drowned his people and lost his glory in the Kayala" "For all this, across Russia across the world they reproach Igor Svyatoslavich, Prince of Seversky" "They curse him in Posemye, in Posuliye in Kiev and on the Danube in Pomorye" "Play, play!" "Prince Igor, Prince of Seversky" "Look!" "The Prince!" "So what..." "Oh dear, this is bad news for us" "What shall we do?" "We are lost" "They'll kill us" "They'll surely kill us" "They won't kill us" "With our wits and our wine we won't die in Russia" "Let's think it over" "Well?" "Well?" "Shall we run away?" "Out of the frying pan into the fire?" "There's nowhere to run into the woods?" "Gnaw a crust after the Prince's bread?" "Sip water after the Prince's mead?" "It's all finished with" "You need to think of something more clever" "What?" "Wait" "Give me time I've got it" "Do you see that?" "The bell tower?" "Have you got it?" "Why ring the bells?" "To stay alive and have our bread" "And if we're clever to have our wine" "Call the people" "Come here, Christian people." "We have good news" "What is that ringing?" "Are the Polovtsians coming?" "Good news, brothers" "Those drunkards are causing an uproar" "They're confusing people" "Wait!" "What are you doing?" "Good news for us" "Has someone treated you to a drink?" "Treated us?" "No" "When you hear the news you'll be drunk with joy" "The prince is back" "Galitsky?" "To hell with him" "Not Galitsky" "Our Prince Seversky Igor Svyatoslavich!" "How these drunkards lie!" "Don't you believe us?" "Look over there" "He walks by the fortress with the princess" "There's his horse and the Polovtsian who came with him" "The prince" "Our prince" "Has he really come back?" "Our father has come back" "Who brought the good news?" "We were the first" "The gudok-players?" "The gudok-players, father" "Prince Galitsky's men?" "No, we're not Galitsky's men" "Weren't you on the rebel's side?" "Others were, not us, we are Igor's men" "Well, God bless you." "We'll forget what's past" "Go in peace" "God has enabled us to see the Prince again to meet him respectfully with bread and salt as was the custom in Rus to celebrate him with glory" "Glory to the multitude of stars" "Glory in the high heavens" "Glory to our princes" "Glory with us in Rus" "To the first of the great, to the least of the low to all our princes, glory" "English subtitles ( C) Philips Classics 2003"