Кости первых

Sneg, oskvernennyy tropoy
Vetra svist v cherneyushchem nebe bez zvezd
Dalʹ odinokoy taygi za mnoy
Trudnyy putʹ rastyanulsya na sotni vyorst

Skvozʹ vualʹ nochey
Lʹyet·sya yarkiy
Svet polyarnogo siyaniya vse silʹney
Ozaryaya sklony gornykh tsepey

Gde-to tam, pod sedymi pikami skal, skryvayet·sya tayna
Chernyye kamni, belyye lʹdy
Vozvyshayut·sya stenami vsemi zabytogo drevnego tsarstva
Dveri otkryty, zaly pusty

Velichavyye groty useyany zolotom i pisʹmenami
Fakel siyayet yarche zari
Na ogromnykh tronakh pokoilisʹ zhutkiye kosti vekami
Peredo mnoy sidyat koroli

Ikh sila bogat·stva i slava
Na mnogiye tysyachi let
Sokryty sredʹ gornogo zala
Lishʹ prakh vetru mchit·sya vosled

Poniknut bezvolʹnyye plechi
Vse blizhe pugayushchiy chas
Kogda skvozʹ ostyvshuyu vechnostʹ
Nastignet zabveniye nas