"Look, a beggar comes,
Trembling, weak, old man,
Give him what we can.
'Do not pray for us,'
Let us to him say,
'Father, you must pray
For Elyenushka,
For the lady fair,
Alexandrovna!'

"Look, the church of God! 320
Sign the cross we twain
Time and time again....
'Grant, O blessed Lord,
Thy most fair reward
To the gentle heart
Of Elyenushka,
Alexandrovna!'

"Green the forest grows,
Green the pretty fields,
In each dip and dell 330
Bright a mirror gleams.
Oh, how fair it is
In God's world to-day,
Glad my heart and gay!
Like the snowy swan
O'er the lake I sail,
O'er the waving steppes
Speeding like the quail.