Ya zazheg v tserkvyah vse svechi

I lighted all the candles in the churches, except for one, Ya zazheg v tserkvyah vse svechi, no odnu - odnu ostavil, So that a friend on an autumn evening would light it for me, Chtoby drug v osennij vecher da po mne ee postavil, So that the long road would pass faster for me, Chtoby dal'nyaya doroga mne koroche pokazalas', So that my soul, a bit more rested, would set off again for Russia. Chtob dusha, vzdremnuv nemnogo, vnov' v Rossiyu sobiralas'.

Where, having torn the body to pieces in hell, it kept it alive - Gde porvav k chertyam vse telo sberegla ee zhivoyu. Fought in the day, sang in the nights, let it have no rest. Dnem dralas' a noch'yu pela, ne davala ej pokoya. Warmed with ice, fed with sky, cried for life that's not worth the candle, Grela l'dom kormila nebom, zhizn' s ovchinu otrydalas'. Kissed with ripe snow, and tried to caress with fire. Tselovala spelym snegom i ognem laskat' pytalas'.

Took away earthly love, bestowing longing and faith, Otnyala lyubov' zemnuyu, podariv tosku i veru, Diluting the thrilling life with measureless joy Razbavlyaya udaluyu zhizn' vesel'em bez mery. Not a pole, not a yard, no money - only bitterness and anxiety, Ni kola dvora ni deneg - tol'ko gorech' da trevogu, And the sunset where nothing matters; where there's no door and no threshold. Da zakat gde vse do feni, gde ni dveri, ni poroga

I lighted all the candles in the churches, except for one, Ya zazheg v tserkvyah vse svechi, no odnu - odnu ostavil, So that a friend on an autumn evening would light it for me, Chtoby drug v osennij vecher da po mne ee postavil, So that the long road would pass faster for me, Chtoby dal'nyaya doroga mne koroche pokazalas', So that my soul, a bit more rested, would set off again for home. Chtob dusha, vzdremnuv nemnogo, snova k domu sobiralas'.

I let go of the sins of the priests so that they would pray for me Otpustil popam grehi ya, chtob oni mne otmolili. Everything that my friends poured me - all to you, my Russia. Vse chto mne druz'ya nalili - vse tebe, moya Rossiya!