Zhizn' - vereteno, kolybel' - istok
Vot ya i doshyol do tekh tryokh dorog
I stoyu, slovno u dverey
A za nimi menya zhdyot ta, chto vsekh miley
Molodost' - kak plen, ya priyti ne mog
Dlya tebya odnoy serdtse ya beryog
I u tryokh dorog ya upal na koleni
Ya nashyol tebya, chut' ne poteryal

Ot meteli dikoy serdtse moyo rvotsya
Ved'ma-v'yuga zlaya za spinoy smeyotsya
Slishkom dolgo bylo moyo pusto svyato mesto
I ya v tserkov' yedu vorovat' nevestu

Kupola goryat, v volosakh venets
Za spinoy stoyat brat'ya da otets
Veryu ya, Bog prostit grekh moy posledniy
Ukradu tebya ya na glazakh u vsekh

Ot meteli dikoy serdtse moyo rvyotsya
Ved'ma-v'yuga zlaya za spinoy smeyotsya
Slishkom dolgo bylo moyo pusto svyato mesto
I ya v tserkov' yedu vorovat' nevestu