| О скалы грозные дробятся с ревом волны,
| O formidable rocks are crushed with the roar of the wave,
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| И с белой пеной крутясь бегут назад,
| And with white foam, spinning, they run back,
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| Но тверды серые утесы,
| But the gray cliffs are hard,
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| Выносят волн напор над морем стоя.
| They endure the pressure of the waves over the sea while standing.
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| От скал тех каменных у нас, варягов кости,
| From the rocks of those stone we, the Varangians, have bones,
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| От той волны морской в нас кровь руда пошла,
| From that wave of the sea, blood ore went into us,
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| А мысли тайны от туманов,
| And the thoughts of the mystery from the mists,
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| Мы в море родились, умрем на море
| We were born in the sea, we will die on the sea
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| Мечи булатны, стрелы остры у варягов,
| The swords are damask, the arrows are sharp among the Varangians,
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| Наносят смерть они без промаха врагу,
| They inflict death without a miss on the enemy,
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| Отважны люди стран полночных,
| Brave people of midnight countries,
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| Велик их Один бог, угрюмо море. | Their one god is great, the sea is gloomy. |