Varlaam’s Song Lyrics
This popular bass aria is frequently excerpted from the opera. In it, a homeless wanderer named Varlaam stops at an inn near the Lithuanian border and, after a few drinks, tells the guests there about his… Read More Kak vo gorode bylo vo Kazani
Groznyj car' piroval da veselilsja
On tatarej bil neshchadno
Chtob im bylo nepovadno vdol' po Rusi guljat'
On podkhodom podkhodil da pod Kazan'-gorodok;
On podkopy podkopal da pod Kazanku-reku
Kak tatare-to po gorodu pokhazhivajut
Na carja Ivana-to pogljadyvajut
Zli tatarove
Groznyj car'-ot zakruchinilsja
On povesil golovushku na pravoje plecho
Uzh kak stal car' pushkarej szyvat'
Pushkarej vsjo zazhigal'shchikov
Zazhigal'shchikov
Zadymilasja svechka vosku jarovo;
Podkhodil molodoj pushkar'-ot k bochechke
A i s porokhom-to bochka zakruzhilas'ja oj
Po podkopam pokatilasja
Da i khlopnula
Zavopili, zagal deli zli tatarove
Blagim matom zalivalisja
Poleglo tatarovej t'ma t'mushchaja
Poleglo ikh sorok tysjachej
I tri tysjachi
Tak vo gorode bylo vo Kazani!... `E!