Gorets en Melnitsa

Moy gorets - paren' udaloy,
Shirokoplech, vysok, silen;
No ne vernetsya on domoy,
On na izgnan'e osuzhden.

Kak mne ego vernut',
O, kak ego vernut'?
Ya vse by gory otdala,
Chtob gortsa vnov' domoy vernut'.

Sosedi mirno spyat' v domakh,
A ya brozhu v tishi nochnoy;
Sazhus' i plachu ya vpot'makh
O tom, chto net ego so mnoy.

Kak mne ego vernut',
O, kak ego vernut'?
Ya vse by gory otdala,
Chtob gortsa vnov' domoy vernut'.

Akh, znayu, znayu ya, kogo
Povesit' nado na sosne,
Chtob gortsa, druga moego,
Vernut' lesam, goram i mne.

Kak mne ego vernut',
O, kak ego vernut'?
Ya vse by gory otdala,
Chtob gortsa vnov' domoy vernut'.