Ночь накануне Рождества [Noch' nakanune Rozhdestva] [English translation]

My painful happiness

Is asleep on my shoulder.

Stars burn for her,

Angels hover over her.

A secret sadness is on her lips,

Like a shadow...

This night will be over soon,

Its time is almost out.

You are with me now

But in the morning it'll seem a dream.

Time, don't run, I'm still yet

To tell her the most important words...

My angel got tired

Flying in the sky.

It mourned with me for a while at night

And faded away by the morning.

It's a short chapter from a fairy tale,

The night of Christmas Eve.

Don't grieve, my heart,

I've succumbed to my fate.

I can't hold her,

Can't win her from heaven.

I'll let the bluebird*

Go tonight...

My angel got tired

Flying in the sky.

It mourned with me for a while at night

And faded away by the morning.

It's a short chapter from a fairy tale,

The night of Christmas Eve.

Christmas Eve...

Christmas Eve...

Christmas Eve...

My angel got tired

Flying in the sky.

It mourned with me for a while at night

And faded away by the morning.

It's a short chapter from a fairy tale,

The night of Christmas Eve.

• Artist:Valery Meladze
• Album:Сэра (1995)