neither yours nor mine, this time
neither lie nor truth, but life
riddle of your heart and mine
that you have to solve now
and find

on the sea it’s all white
the sand,
as pale as the salt or the snow

the sound of sea

neither right nor wrong, this time
neither lie nor truth, but life
riddle of your heart and mine
that we have to solve now
go-find

on the sea it’s all white
the sand,
as pale as the salt or the snow

the sound of sea-tides

on the sea it’s all white
the sand,
as pale as the salt or the snow

the sound of sea-tides

The legend of the marvellous
Journeys and heroic deeds
The many adventures
Of Prince Bova

The mighty Bogatyr
Begins with the tale of his insidious mother

Militrisa Kirtiervna
Plotted the death
Of her husband
Tsar Guidon
So she could marry her secret lover Tsar Dadon

But when Dadon threw
Bova into a dungeon
Militrisa’s maternal heart
Was deeply touched

The mighty Bogatyr
And so she helped Bova to escape

His two great powers:
Unparalleled strength
And unearthly beauty
Enabled him
To defeat the forces of evil and find his true love:
Druzhevna Zenzeveyvna

He then married her
And he too became a Tsar
They had a son
Whom they also called Bova

The mighty Bogatyr
Ends with the tale of his handsome boy

Bova the elder
When his son grew up
Returned home
Craving for revenge
He beheaded Dadon and his son was crowned Tsar in his place