Do you know, gentlemen, a hundred miles from us
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A very scary and evil snake lives!
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Call her Gorynych, many strong men
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Tried to defeat her, but all in vain!
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Rejoice, people, here is the one who
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The snake will win!
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My sword is sharpened, arrows sparkle with steel,
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Like a wall is my shield!
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God save me
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From the devil's fire!
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Friend, gather everyone together!
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We will drink and eat
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Let's celebrate in my honor!
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Hold on, snake!
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Your life is coming to an end!
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I swear on my foot - I will return home
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With a snake head!
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Oh my friends, come on
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Open the door for me and pour on the path!
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I rode to distant lands!
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Drink for me and don't remember me dashingly!
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A scorched field, a lifeless land...
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Death has conquered this region!
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Somewhere far away my dear home is waiting for me home,
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Somewhere ahead is the one who took away my peace!
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Here I see a peak, pointed like an arrow,
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Here I hear the screams of those burned alive to the ground ...
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I ran ahead, left the horse behind,
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Suddenly I saw a snake, and the snake saw me!
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Through the cold sweat, feeling the heat of the fire,
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At the last moment, I suddenly realized the gravity!
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Rushing to the side, I grabbed a bow and arrows,
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But I didn’t even have time to take aim -
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A powerful wave of fire swirled me,
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I couldn't hold my bow in my hands!
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And in a panic, I rushed to run to the mountain!
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The jets of fire around me were beating more and more!
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There was hot smoke everywhere, stinging my eyes,
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But he saved me from snake eyes!
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And then he ran up the mountain, but the snake did not see me,
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And soon he was at the top
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It’s high, it’s easy to fall down ... The kite circled a little lower, it was not far ...
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I shouted: “It was, it wasn’t,” I jumped on his back!
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The serpent soared under me and screamed heart-rendingly!
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Furiously, not his own, kicked frantically!
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I breathed furiously, clutching a death grip,
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All my soul was sitting somewhere in the heels!
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Exhaling, I pulled my sword from its scabbard sharply, -
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Well, snake, the ending suits our play!
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The serpent screamed again, anticipating death!
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I lowered my sword on the beast's neck!
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The kite flew to the ground
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With a head hanging on a nozzle ...
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Rejoice, people, here is the one who
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The snake won!
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I'm going home, meet me as it should be,
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Good Masters!
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But as soon as I drove into the village,
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Our priest ran up to me:
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“What did you do, freak?!
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A terrible end awaits us!
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I pushed him: “Don’t spoil the holiday, you fool!”
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No, the snake will not disturb us anymore,
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I left her headless!
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The whole village is having fun again
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Wine flows like oceans!
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But suddenly I saw
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On the horizon, tongues of fire!
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Under the girl's wild howl
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with double head
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A kite flew towards us like an arrow! |