Utyos (The Cliff)

The Cliff

Utyos (The Cliff)

There is a cliff on the Volga, covered with wild mossYestʹ na Volge utyos, dikim mokhom obros
To the very edgeOn s vershiny do samogo kraya
And it stands for hundreds of years, only dressed in mossI stoit sotni let, tolʹko mokhom odet
Knowing neither needs nor worriesNi nuzhdy, ni zaboty ne znaya
And it stands for hundreds of years, only dressed in mossI stoit sotni let, tolʹko mokhom odet
Knowing neither needs nor worriesNi nuzhdy, ni zaboty ne znaya

Nothing grows on its topNa vershine yego ne rastet nichego
Only the free wind wandersTolʹko veter svobodnyy gulyayet
There the mighty eagle made his nestTam moguchiy orel svoy priton tam zavel
And preys on his victimsI na nem svoi zhertvy terzayet
There the mighty eagle made his nestTam moguchiy orel svoy priton tam zavel
And preys on his victimsI na nem svoi zhertvy terzayet

Only one person was on that cliffIz lyudey lishʹ odin na utyose tom byl
Only one reached the topLishʹ odin do vershiny dobralsya
And the cliff did not forget that personI utyos cheloveka togo ne zabyl
And since then it was named after himI s tekh por yego imenem zvalsya

And the cliff still stands and keepsI ponyne stoit tot utyos i khranit
All the cherished thoughts of StepanVse zavetnyye dumy Stepana
And only sometimes remembers with the VolgaI lishʹ s Volgoy odnoy vspominayet poroy
The brave life of the atamanUdaloye zhitʹyo atamana
And only sometimes remembers with the VolgaI lishʹ s Volgoy odnoy vspominayet poroy
The brave life of the atamanUdaloye zhitʹyo atamana