Папоротник [English translation]

On my arms is tree bark

On my legs fish-scales,

Over my shoulders the span of two silver wings,

So who am I?

O, I would like to swim in water

And fly in the sky,

I would like to grow in the forest as a green pine,

My lord Death.

The fern blooms,

The fern blooms,

The fern gives honey.

My hair is woodland flowers and grass,

My eyes two streams,

My body sand, and my head is earth,

So who am I?

O, I would rather as a bee in the heat

Buzz through the field,

Or flow over rocks as icy water,

My lord Death.

The fern blooms,

The fern blooms,

The fern gives honey.

• Artist:Olga Arefyeva