[Intro: Larisa Bogatyryova, Composer Vladimir Sidorov]
“I am sleeping, but my heart wakes (I am sleeping, but my heart wakes)
I am sleeping, but my heart wakes (I am sleeping, but my heart wakes)
I am sleeping, but my heart wakes (I am sleeping, but my heart wakes)
I am sleeping, but my heart wakes (The sound of my beloved knocking)
I am sleeping, but my heart wakes (But my heart wakes)
I am sleeping, but my heart wakes (But my heart wakes)
I am sleeping, but my heart wakes (The sound of my beloved, but my heart wakes)”
“Open to me (Open to me), my sister, my friend, my dove”
[Verse 1: Larisa Bogatyryova]
“I opened to my beloved, but my beloved withdrew
He passed on; my soul went forth when he spoke
I sought him, and did not find him
I called him, and he did not answer me
He did not answer, he did not answer
He did not answer, he did not answer!”
[Pre-Chorus: Larisa Bogatyryova]
I am sleeping, but my heart wakes
I am sleeping, but my heart, my heart wakes
[Chorus: Larisa Bogatyryova]
I am sleeping, but my heart wakes
I am sleeping, but my heart wakes
I am sleeping, but my heart wakes
I am sleeping, but my heart wakes
I am sleeping, but my heart wakes (But my heart wakes)
I am sleeping, but my heart wakes (I am sleeping, but my heart wakes)
I am sleeping, but my heart wakes
I am sleeping, but my heart wakes
[Verse 2: Larisa Bogatyryova, Composer Vladimir Sidorov]
“My beloved [is] clear and ruddy (My beloved)
Conspicuous above a myriad (Conspicuous above a myriad)!
His cheeks [are] as a bed of the spice
His mouth is sweetness—and all of him desirable…”
“I have adjured you, do not stir up nor wake the love!”
[Outro: Composer Vladimir Sidorov, Larisa Bogatyryova]
I have adjured you, do not stir up (My beloved)
My beloved (Nor wake the love)
My beloved ([is] clear and ruddy)
My beloved [is] clear and ruddy
Conspicuous above a myriad (I have adjured you)
His mouth is sweetness—and all of him desirable (I have adjured you)
I have adjured you, I have adjured you…