Текст песни Борис Годунов - Монолог Бориса - Достиг я высшей власти

MONOLOGUE BORIS (bass)
(From the opera "Boris Godunov" by M.P. Mussorgsky)

I have reached the highest power.
For the sixth year I have reigned calmly.
But my tortured soul is not happy!

Wizards promise me in vain
The days are long, the days of serene power.
No life, no power, no glory of seduction,
Not the clicks of the crowd amuse me!

In my family I dreamed of finding comfort.
Prepared his daughter a merry wedding feast,
To my princess, a pure dove.
Like a storm, death takes away the groom ...

The right hand of the formidable judge is heavy,
Terrible is the sentence to a criminal soul ...
Only darkness is around
And impenetrable darkness!
Although a ray of joy would have flickered!
And the heart is full of grief,
The tired spirit languishes, languishes.
Some kind of secret trepidation ...
You are still waiting for something ...

A warm prayer to the saints of God
I thought to drown out the souls of suffering ...
In greatness and splendor
Unlimited power
Ruler of Russia, they have me
I asked for tears to comfort me ...

And there is denunciation, boyars of sedition,
The intrigues of Lithuania and secret mines,
Glad, and pestilence, and coward, and ruin ...
Like a wild beast
Plague-stricken people are prowling,
Hungry, poor Russia groans ...

And in the grief sent down by God
For my grave sin in trial,
They blame me for all the evils,
They curse the name of Boris in the squares!

And even the dream runs
And in the twilight of the night
The bloody child rises ...
Eyes are burning, clenching their little hands,
Begs for mercy ...
And there was no mercy!
A terrible wound gapes
His dying cry is heard ...

Oh Lord my God!