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Polovtsian Dances

By Alexander Borodin, Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov (orchestration), and Alexander Glazunov (orchestration).

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Lyrics:

Ulyetay na krïl'yakh vyetra (Fly away on the wings of the wind)
Tï v kray rodnoy, rodnaya pyesnya nasha (Our native song, to your native land)
Tuda, gdye mï tebya svobodno pyeli (To that place where we sang you freely)
Gdye bïlo tak privol'no nam s toboy (Where we were at liberty)

Tam, pod znoynïm nebom (There beneath a sultry sky)
Nyegoy vozdukh polon (The air is full of bliss)
Tam pod govor morya (There to the murmur of the sea)
Dremlyut gorï v oblakakh (The hills slumber in the clouds)

Tam tak yarko sontse svetit (The sun shines so brightly there)
Rodnïye gorï svyetom zalivaya (Suffusing our native mountains with its light)
V dolinakh pïshno rozï rastsvetayut (And in the valleys the roses blossom luxuriously)
I solov'i poyut v lesakh zelyonïkh (And the nightingales sing in the verdant forests)
I sladkiy vinograd rastyot (And the sweet vine grows)
Tam tebye privol'nyey, pyesnya (There you were freer, our song)
Tï tuda i ulyetay (Fly away to that place)

Poytye pyesni slavï khanu! (Sing songs of glory to the Khan!)
Poy! (Sing!)
Slav'tye silu, doblest' khana! (Glorify the power and the valour of the Khan!)
Slav'! (Glorify him!)
Slavyen khan! Khan! (Glorious is the Khan! The Khan!)
Slavyen on, khan nash! (He is glorious, our Khan!)
Blyeskom slavï (Through the radiance of his glory)
Sontsu ravyen khan! (The Khan matches the sun!)
Nyetu ravnïkh slavoy khanu! Nyet! (None are equal in glory to the Khan! None!)

Chagi khana slavyat khana svoyevo (The captives of the Khan glorify our Khan)

Vidis' li plennic ty (Do you see the captives)
S morja dal'nego (From the distant sea)
Vidis' krasavic moich (Do you see my beauties)
Lz-za Kaspija? (From beyond the Caspian Sea)
O skazi, drug (Oh, tell me, friend)
Skazi tol'ko slovo mne (Tell me just one word)
Choces' (If you want to)
Ljubuju iz nich ja tebe podarju (I will give you anyone of them)

Poytye pyesni slavï khanu! (Sing songs of glory to the Khan!)
Poy! (Sing!)
Slav'tye shchedrost', slav'tyemilost'! (Glorify his generosity, glorify his beneficence!)
Slav'! (Glorify him!)
Dlya vragov khan (For his enemies, the Khan)
Grozyen on, khan nash! (He is awesome, our Khan!)
Kto zhe slavoy ravyen khanu, kto? (Who in glory is equal to the Khan, who?)
Blyeskom slavï (Through the radiance of his glory)
Sontsu ravyen khan! (The Khan matches the sun!)

Slavoy dyedam ravyen khan nash (Equal to the glory of his forebears is the Khan)
Khan, khan, Konchak! (Khan, Khan, Konchak!)
Slavoy dyedam ravyen on (Mighty as his forebears is the Khan)
Groznïy khan, khan Konchak! (The awesome Khan, Khan Konchak!)
Slavoy dyedam ravyen on (Mighty as his forebears is the Khan)
Groznïy khan, khan Konchak! (The awesome Khan, Khan Konchak!)
Slavyen khan, khan Konchak! (Glorious is the Khan, Khan Konchak!)
Slava, slava... (Glory, glory...)

Ulyetay na krïl'yakh vyetra (Fly away on the wings of the wind)
Tï v kray rodnoy, rodnaya pyesnya nasha (Our native song, to your native land)
Tuda, gdye mï tebya svobodno pyeli (To that place where we sang you freely)
Gdye bïlo tak privol'no nam s toboy (Where we were at liberty)

Tam, pod znoynïm nebom (There beneath a sultry sky)
Nyegoy vozdukh polon (The air is full of bliss)
Tam pod govor morya (There to the murmur of the sea)
Dremlyut gorï v oblakakh (The hills slumber in the clouds)

Tam tak yarko sontse svetit (The sun shines so brightly there)
Rodnïye gorï svyetom zalivaya (Suffusing our native mountains with its light)
V dolinakh pïshno rozï rastsvetayut (And in the valleys the roses blossom luxuriously)
I solov'i poyut v lesakh zelyonïkh (And the nightingales sing in the verdant forests)
I sladkiy vinograd rastyot (And the sweet vine grows)
Tam tebye privol'nyey, pyesnya (There you were freer, our song)
Tï tuda i ulyetay (Fly away to that place)

Slavoy dyedam ravyen khan nash (Equal to the glory of his forebears is the Khan)
Khan, khan, Konchak! (Khan, Khan, Konchak!)
Slavoy dyedam ravyen on (Mighty as his forebears is the Khan)
Groznïy khan, khan Konchak! (The awesome Khan, Khan Konchak!)
Slavyen khan, khan Konchak! (Glorious is the Khan, Khan Konchak!)
Khan Konchak! (Khan Konchak!)

Plyaskoy vashey tesh'tye khana (Dance to entertain your Khan, captives)
Plyaskoy tesh'tye khana, chagi (With your dancing, captive girls)
Khana svoyevo! (Please your Khan!)
Plyaskoy tesh'tye khana, chagi (With your dancing, captive girls)
Khana svoyevo! (Please your Khan!)
Plyaskoy vashey tesh'tye khana! (Dance to entertain your Khan, captives!)
Plyaskoy tesh'tye! (Dance to please!)
Nash khan Konchak! (Our Khan Konchak!)

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