Za sem'yu moryami knyaz' moguchiy zhil,
Krepche vsekh bogatstv doch' svoyu lyubil,
No yavilas' smert' k ney v nezhdannyy chas -
Vyanet yunyy tsvet u otrady glaz.
Vyshel v pole knyaz', v noch' u Vrat Zimy,
I vzyval k bogam na vse storony:
- Vy, vladyki meda na piru ottsov,
Ne pozvol'te vzyat' u menya lyubov'!
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Govoryu u Vrat, gde tsarit Zima:
Ne nadenu vpred' ya rudogo l'na,
Med ne vyp'yu iz chashi krugovoy
I zheleza bitvy ne kosnus' rukoy.
Snova yasen lik molodoy knyazhny,
No nesetsya klich s vrazh'ey storony.
I prislal sosed svatov po knyazhnu,
Obeshchal ot bed sohranit' stranu.
Rechi daleko slyshny
Pred Vratami Zimy,
Mezh lyudey i bogov
Ot Nizhnih do Verhnih mirov.
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On vzamen prosil med ispit' hmel'noy
S nim iz bratskoy chashi, chashi krugovoy.
I v sredinu leta obvenchal mladyh
Knyaz', i vypil meda za zdorov'e ih.
List osenniy pal, na iskhode god.
Vse, kto mech derzhal, pali u vorot.
Vstretil supostata knyaz' zhelezom bitv,
I ot krovi stal shelk odezhd rudym...
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Sneg...
Krov'...
Iney na vekah...
Ruki raskinuv pred nebom, pal
Vlastitel' nadezhd
V prazdnichnoy roskoshi odezhd
Iz krasnogo l'na,
Sladkiy svoy med ispiv do dna,
Podnyav stal' voyny -
Net, ne proyti Vrata Zimy
To Otdannyy dolg -
Iney skoval posledniy vzdoh...
Posmertnye sny -
Dlya vsekh, kto pal u Vrat Zimy.
This is a lyrical song about the Knyaz, who took his vows to the Spirits of Winter to save his daughter. It shows how very important it is to fulfill the pledge. It's a dark ambient song with folk metal elements. This track is a single from the Alkonost full length studio album "Октаграмма" (Octagram).
