| Why are bridges built in the capital of northern nights,
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| Street lights of broken lanterns hide in the mists.
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| Why are bridges being built in the capital of the northern winds,
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| Leaving one ardent love on two shores.
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| This legend is many years old, as is that immortal love
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| She lives in the heavens and in the icy waters of the Neva.
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| Her story is fog, her pages are seagulls moaning,
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| Her tear is a transparent rain, and the pain of her chains is a cold ringing.
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| SOLO
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| In the dungeons of the stone Crosses a young prisoner languished,
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| A goddess with a golden scythe was waiting for him, keeping love.
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| The prisoner sent a message that he was going to run,
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| He asked young love to show his shore with fire.
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| In the cold St. Petersburg night, a convoy followed him,
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| And at midnight they opened the bridges, the bridges of hope over the Neva.
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| And on the other side, on the shore, a beloved light shone,
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| And the boy dived into the waters of the icy river with hope.
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| But the moonless night was evil, the convoy fire trampled,
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| And in the muddy waves, the boy was looking in vain for a light.
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| He toils along the shores, he has become a crazy wave,
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| Like a white gull she flies with a cry over the Neva.
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| Why are bridges built in the capital of northern nights,
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| Street lights of broken lanterns hide in the mists.
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| Why are bridges being built in the capital of the northern winds,
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| Leaving one ardent love on two shores. |