Boginya Ishtar
Ot strel i ot char,
Ot gnezd i ot nor,
Boginya Ishtar,
Khrani moy shater:
Brat'ev, sester.
Rudy moey var,
Vrazhdy moey chan,
Boginya Ishtar,
Khrani moy kolchan...
(Vzyal menya -- khan!)
Chtob ne zhil, kto star,
Chtob ne zhil, kto khvor,
Boginya Ishtar,
Khrani moy koster:
(Plamen' voster!)
Chtob ne zhil -- kto star,
Chtob ne zhil -- kto zol,
Boginya Ishtar,
Khrani moy kotel
(Zarev i smol!)
Chtob ne zhil -- kto star,
Chtob nezhil -- kto yun!
Boginya Ishtar,
Stremi moy tabun
V tridevyat' lun!
Goddess Ishtar
From arrows and from chariots,
From nests and from burrows,
Goddess Ishtar,
Protect my tent:
Brothers, sisters.
My red hair,
My enemy's lair,
Goddess Ishtar,
Protect my shield...
(He took me - khan!)
So that the old don't live,
So that the sick don't live,
Goddess Ishtar,
Protect my hearth:
(Flame will rise!)
So that the old don't live,
So that the sick don't live,
Goddess Ishtar,
Protect my cauldron
(Dawn and pitch!)
So that the old don't live,
So that the young don't live,
Goddess Ishtar,
Guide my herd
Into the thirty moons!