Сирин, Алконост, Гамаюн [Sirin, Alkonost, Gamayun] [English translation]

There's forest shade in the housing offices

On the roofs of houses, lamps with Egyptian darkness

The ice has broken — it is often thus in the spring

Nobody told the ones living on ice floes

That it could be like this

How are we to know what a wave is?

The noontime faun, the thrill of mermaids in the dark

Night sets in, we'll begin preparations for winter

And, perhaps, the next one who knocks

On our door will be war

I'll take care of the mirrors

Someone else, the hops and the trembling bindweed

Everthing is already here: Sirin, Alkonost, Gamayun1

As we agreed, I will wait on the other

Side of the glass

1. Three mythical bird-women from Russian folklore

• Artist:Boris Grebenshchikov
• Album:Русский альбом (1992)