Andrey Vinogradov is a Russian composer and musician with a head full of romance. Robust, orchestral, and slick, his modern folk music, inflected by jazz and ro
Mne vechor, mladoi, skuchen terem byl,
Temen svet-nochnik, strashen Spasov lik.
Votchim-batiushka samotsvet ukryl
V kiparisovyi dorogoi tainik!
A liubeznyi drug daleko, v torgu,
Pokhvaliaetsia dlia drugoi koniom,
Shubu dlinuiu volochit v snegu,
Svetit ei ogniom, zolotym perstniom.
Yester-night I felt bored in my tower-room,
Dark was the night-light, scaring was the Saviour's image.
Stepfather has hidden the gem
In the precious cypress cache.
My sweet boy has gone far away, bargaining.
Bragging of his steep for another girl,
Dragging his long fur coat through the snow-drift,
Shining her the light of his golden ring.
