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First Bones

Кости первых

Snow, defiled pathSneg, oskvernennyy tropoy
Wind whistling in the dark starless skyVetra svist v cherneyushchem nebe bez zvezd
Behind me stretches the lonely taigaDalʹ odinokoy taygi za mnoy
Difficult path extending for hundreds of verstsTrudnyy putʹ rastyanulsya na sotni vyorst

Through the veil of nightsSkvozʹ vualʹ nochey
Shines brightLʹyet·sya yarkiy
The light of the polar aurora grows strongerSvet polyarnogo siyaniya vse silʹney
Illuminating the slopes of mountain chainsOzaryaya sklony gornykh tsepey

Somewhere there, beneath the gray peaks of rocks, a secret is hiddenGde-to tam, pod sedymi pikami skal, skryvayet·sya tayna
Black stones, white iceChernyye kamni, belyye lʹdy
Rise with walls of the long-forgotten ancient kingdomVozvyshayut·sya stenami vsemi zabytogo drevnego tsarstva
Doors open, halls emptyDveri otkryty, zaly pusty

Majestic grottoes adorned with gold and inscriptionsVelichavyye groty useyany zolotom i pisʹmenami
The torch shines brighter than dawnFakel siyayet yarche zari
On huge thrones rest the ghastly bones for agesNa ogromnykh tronakh pokoilisʹ zhutkiye kosti vekami
Kings sit before mePeredo mnoy sidyat koroli

Their power of wealth and gloryIkh sila bogat·stva i slava
For many thousands of yearsNa mnogiye tysyachi let
Hidden within the mountain hallSokryty sredʹ gornogo zala
Only the dust of the wind rushes behindLishʹ prakh vetru mchit·sya vosled

Sinking into powerless shouldersPoniknut bezvolʹnyye plechi
The frightening hour draws nearerVse blizhe pugayushchiy chas
When through the cold eternityKogda skvozʹ ostyvshuyu vechnostʹ
Oblivion will overtake usNastignet zabveniye nas