Beloe Zlato - Beyond the Quiet River

 

      These girls from Norilsk, Russia, started a choir with the name Beloe Zlato which means in English, White Gold. The melancholic lyrics mean this in English:

 

Beyond the quiet river, in a birch grove

The first spring flower will bloom

And I'll make an easier wish

I'll cross myself and look to the East.

 

The sky will be painted with a crimson glow

And the eternal sun will rise over the world

And the white bird will fly above the earth

And God's forgiveness from heaven will bring

And the white bird will fly above the earth

And God's forgiveness from heaven will bring.

 

And something big will open the heart

Such that my life cannot grasp

And will become quietly, and sweet as in childhood

When my mother hugged me

And will become quietly, and sweet as in childhood

When my mother hugged me.

 

The Holy prayer will be shed with tears

Christ's love will fill sadness

And in that moment the soul will touch

To the great universe by the name Russia.

      A melacolia de um povo sofrido numa primeira flor de primavera.