Mavra Overture Parasha (sits singing and working by the window) Drug moy mifiy, krasno solnIshko moyo, Sokol yasn'iy, sizokriTiy moy oryol. Uzh nedelyu ne vidalas ya s toboy, Rovno sem dney, kak spoznalas s gorem ya Tak skitalas ya po tyomniim lesam. V tyomnom lese kinareyechki poyut, Mne devchonke, grust razluku pridayut. Ti ne poy, kinareyechka v sadu, Ne poy, moya rodimaya v sadu, Ne davay toski serdechku moyemu. Drug moy mifiy, krasno solnishko moyo, Sokol yes*, sizokriTiy moy oryol. Uzh nedelyu ne vidalas ya s toboy.
My dearest love, sunshine of my life, bright falcon, my grey-winged eagle. It's been a week now since last I saw you, seven whole days since I have known sorrow, wandering alone in a dark forest. Canaries sing in the dark forest; poor maiden, they make my separation more painful. Do not sing, little canary in the garden, do not sing, my beloved, in the garden, do not make my heart even heavier. My dearest love, sunshine of my life, bright falcon, my grey-winged eagle. It's been a week now since last I saw you.
The Hussar appears at the window. Hussar Kolokolchiki zvenyat, Barabanchiki gremyat.
Bells are ringing, Drums are beating ...
Parasha Oy! opyat opasniy golos Doletayet storonoy. Razve skritsya v prokhodnoy?
Ah! Again that perilous voice comes to me ... Shouldn't I withdraw from the window?
Hussar A lyudi to lyudi, Ay lyushenki lyudi! A lyudi to lyudi, Na tsiganochku glyadyat, A tsiganochka to plyashet, V barabanchiki to byot I shirinochkoy to mashet, Zalivayetsya poyot, I shirinochkoy to mashet, Zalivayetsya poyot.
Hey, people, Come on, all you people! Hey, people, come and watch the gipsy, watch the gipsy dancing, as she beats the drums and flutters her scarf, she pours out her song, fluttering her scarf, she pours out her song!
Parasha U pesen vsekh slova odni, Skazhite mne zamesto penya, Kak proveli vi eti dni Ot serecii do voskresenya?
Oh, your songs are always the same! ... Instead of singing, just tell me what you were doing all the time between Wednesday and Sunday?
Hussar Zachem sledit dozor pustoy Moi kazhcify shag i vzor? Ya tvoy! Akh, Parasha, priznayusya, Ya toboyu polonyon. V pervIy raz yeshcho styzhusya
Why should you want to know about my every movement, my every glance? I am yours! Ah, Parasha, I confess that I am your captive! For the first time, I have to admit,