Текст песни Сергей Бережной - Что ж ты, княже, говорил...

What did you say, prince, when the sun was dim?
You said that death is better than complete.
And here we stand, surrounded by a shallow stream.
And the nasty ones walk from four sides.

They blow arrows of the wind, the thirst has soldered the mouth,
Shields are closely shifted, the quiver is open.
We can't get away from here, from the bank of the Kayaly-
The Polovtsian Konchak cut all the paths.

What did you say, prince, at the hour when the eclipse
Has fallen on your shelves like a black wing?
You said that only stinkers believe in signs,
And Yeshe said that death is better than complete.

So burn, burn the grass under the last battle.
Hit, while the blade is in your hand, and your eyes are light ...
The whole squad lay down near the fast river,
Well, the prince went to the full - from saddle to saddle ...

What did you, prince, say, fiercely and proudly -
Say, Don scoop up in a golden shell ...
And I'm lying on the shore with an arrow in my throat -
Because death is better than complete.