In Russia My beloved, a sadness has come to Me:

People have forgotten now about care and goodness,

Everything around lies in dust and mud,

There is nowhere to find the love…

And there is no light in the souls,

Only bitterness, pain and fear…

Evil maims and ruins everything,

And resentment suffocates all joy…

People have forgotten the Holy Road,

Have forgotten about One God,

In vanity and in sorrows they are harassed,

About only their misfortunes, they talk!

… I will not bitterly cry and be sad!

I’ll teach children to love the good!

I will find the golden words —

And another life will grow!

I’ll adjust their hearts — in harmony with God,

I will sing songs for small children:

For those songs — awaken souls,

For people to love the Main!

And the one, who will listen,

Will grow in soul!

And the one, who will understand, —

Could remove dirt from the soul!