Songs

Kosy rastryopany, strashnaya, byelaya,
Braids flying, terrifying, white,
Byegayet, byegayet, ryezvaya, smyelaya.
she runs, runs, wild, dauntless.
Tyomnaya noch’ molchaleevo poogayetsya,
The dark night silently takes fright,
Shalyami toochek loona zakryvayetsya.
the moon hides behind shawls of clouds.
Vyetyer pyevoon s zavyvan'yem kleekoosh
The wind in hysterical howling
Mcheetsya v lyesnooyu dryemoochooyu gloosh’.
rushes into the forest depths.
Roshcha grazeetsya yelovymee peekamee,
The grove growls with its fir-tree pikes,
Pryachootsya sovy s poogleevymee kreekamee.
owls hide with terrified cries.
Mashet kaldoon'ya rookamee kostlyavymee.
The witch waves her bony hands.
Zvyozdy margayut eez tooch nad doobravami.
Stars wink behind clouds above the groves.
Syer’gamee zmeyee pad kosmy podvyeshany,
Snakes for earrings hang beneath her locks,
Kroozhitsya s v’yugayu strashno ee byesheno.
she whirls terrifyingly, madly with the storm.
Plyashet kaldoon'ya pad zvon sosnyaka.
The witch dances to the sound of the forest
S chyornayu drozh’yu plyvoot ablaka.
as the black clouds plunge through the sky.