by Aleksandr Porfir'yevich Borodin (1833 - 1887)
Translation © by Emily Ezust

Морская Царевна
Language: Russian (Русский) 
Our translations:  ENG
Приди ко мне ночной порой,
о путник молодой!
Здесь под водой
и прохлада, и покой.

Ты здесь отдохнёшь, 
ты сладко заснёшь, 
качаясь, на зыбких водах,
где, неги полна,  
лишь дремлет волна
в пустынных берегах.

По зыби морской
сама за тобой
царевна морская плывёт!
Она манит, она поёт, 
к себе тебя зовёт...

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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
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Word count: 51

The sea‑princess
Language: English  after the Russian (Русский) 
Come to me at night,
O youthful traveler!
Here under the water
It is cool and calm.

You will rest here
And find sweet sleep,
 Rocked by the rippling water,
Where, full of ease,
The waves slumber
On the abandoned shores.

In the ripples of the sea,
after you herself
Swims the Sea-Princess!
She beckons and sings;
To herself she calls you...

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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
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Word count: 62