The document tells the story of Snowmaiden, the daughter of Father Frost and Fairy Spring. Snowmaiden wants to live with humans and falls for a shepherd named Lel, but he abandons her for other girls. A merchant named Mizgir also pursues Snowmaiden, upsetting his lover Kupava. Kupava complains to the Tsar about how Mizgir mistreated her after losing interest in her for Snowmaiden. The story explores themes of love, abandonment, and seasonal change.

2. THE WOOD SPRITE
Farewell winter!

3. The roosters have crowed.

4. Fairy Spring comes down to earth.

5. My watch is over. Off to my hole and sleep.

6. FAIRY SPRING
At the appointed hour, I come to the land of the Berendeys.

7. A land of cold, a land of winters long…

8. A silent land, whose welcome does not cheer.

9. The playful springs are captive under ice.

10. The forests are silent under snow.

11. The moon burns and the stars glisten…

12. And all is light, but there’s no warmth.

13. It’s nothing like the Southern valleys,

14. The happy lands across the warm seas.

15. There, the flowering meadows, the somber myrtle thickets…

16. Acacias and roses perfume the evening air.

17. A warm steam rises from the cultivated gardens

18. And the lazy moonlight glistens on the minarets.

19. And yet, I love the midnight lands.

20. I enjoy awakening the mighty Nature from its slumber

21. And summoning the mysterious power from the depths of the Earth.

22. I like warming the desolate land for the joys of love.

23. I decorate its meadows and bushes with colorful flowers

24. For the games and celebrations of its people.

25. My friends, gossipy magpies, gloomy rooks and larks

26. Crane and his friend the heron, gallant swans and geese

27. And little sparrows – are you cold?

28. I am ashamed to admit, it is all my fault.

29. Sixteen years ago I flirted with Father Frost,

30. The gray-haired old lecher

31. And ever since I have been his slave.

32. I would leave the old man, but we have a daughter, Snowmaiden.

33. Frost keeps our child in these vast forests of eternal shade,

34. Deep in the heart of woods that never thaw.

35. I love my child, so I am afraid to quarrel with the old man.

36. And he is happy to freeze both me, Spring, and the Berendeys.

37. The jealous Sun watches us in anger.

38. That is the reason for the cruel winters and the spring colds.

39. Do you shiver, my poor dears? Dance to keep warm!

40. Many times, I have seen people warm themselves with dancing.

41. CHORUS OF BIRDS
Birds gathered into flocks.

42. Birds sitting in rows.

43. Who among you, birds, are the masters?

44. Who among you, birds, are the servants?

45. The eagle is our governor, the quail is his deputy.

46. Geese and ducks are nobles, sparrows are peasants…

47. A blizzard! We are cold!

48. FAIRY SPRING
Quick! Into the woods!

49. Father Frost is playing a joke on us.

50. FATHER FROST
When the cold cracks the timbers and walls…

51. When the frost makes the gates creak on their hinges…

52. How I love it!

53. As the wagons are hurrying home

54. I shine a bright light in the sky, spreading over the snow

55. Blue, red and purple.

56. How I love it!

57. I am even angrier at dawn

58. Sneaking around the human dwellings,

59. Freezing the smoke in their chimneys.

60. How I love it!

61. FAIRY SPRING
You’ve had your fun. It’s time you headed North.

62. FATHER FROST
Don’t you push me out the door. I’ll leave on my own.

63. You’re not happy to see the old man any more.

64. You’re quick to forget the good old days.

65. I’m off at dawn, for the Siberian tundra.

66. FAIRY SPRING
And who will take care of Snowmaiden?

67. FATHER FROST
Our daughter is all grown. She needs to nannies.

68. Her house is safely hidden.

69. FAIRY SPRING
Old man, a girl needs freedom!

70. FATHER FROST
Listen! The Sun means to kill Snowmaiden.

71. He will plant love into her heart with his fiery rays

72. And she will be lost.

73. But for as long as her soul remains innocent

74. He has no power over her.

75. Listen! A girl needs watching.

76. Let’s send her to live with the humans.

77. FAIRY SPRING
I am willing.

78. FATHER FROST
Snowmaiden, my child!

79. SNOWMAIDEN
I’m here.

80. FAIRY SPRING
My poor wild child, let me hold you.

81. Do you want to be free, to live with humans?

82. SNOWMAIDEN
I do! Let me!

83. FATHER FROST
What calls you from your father’s house?

84. What’s so attractive about humans?

85. SNOWMAIDEN
Human songs.

86. Berry picking with friends, calling to each other in the woods – A-oo!

87. Dancing in circles, repeating after Lel his springtime songs.

88. Without singing, my life has no joy.

89. Let me go, father!

90. And when, in winter cold, you return to your dark forest

91. I will comfort you, sing you a song as the blizzard rages.

92. I will learn happy songs from Lel.

93. Oh father!

94. Berry picking with friends, calling to each other in the woods – A-oo!

95. To dance in circles, repeating after Lel his springtime songs.

96. Without singing, my life has no joy.

97. FATHER FROST
How do you know Lel?

98. SNOWMAIDEN
From my hiding place in the bushes, I have seen the girls

99. Go to him, gaze into his eyes, caress him, and call him tender names

100. FAIRY SPRING
And is the handsome Lel so good at singing?

101. SNOWMAIDEN
Oh mother, I have heard the lark’s song vibrating over the meadows

102. The swan's plaintive call over quiet waters, the nightingale’s loud trills

103. But I could listen to Lel’s shepherd songs day and night.

104. They make me melt inside.

105. FATHER FROST
Did you hear that? Melting!

106. Run from Lel. Be careful of his singing.

107. FAIRY SPRING
I will not let you keep our daughter prisoner.

108. SNOWMAIDEN
I am your dutiful daughter, but I am not afraid of Lel.

109. FAIRY SPRING
If you should ever feel sad and have need of anything

110. Come to Yarilo’s valley and call me.

111. I will give you anything you ask for.

112. FATHER FROST
When walking late, keep closer to the forest.

113. I will command the wood sprites to keep watch over you.

115. Listen, Wood Sprite, if Lel or any other man

116. Tries to molest our daughter, defend her.

117. Lead him into the tangled thickets, drown him in the swamp.

118. WOOD SPRITE
I will.

119. SNOWMAIDEN
Goodbye father, goodbye mama, goodbye forest!

120. FAIRY SPRING, FATHER FROST, WOOD SPRITE
Goodbye!

122. LEL
For your warm welcome, the shepherd will pay you with song.

123. SNOWMAIDEN
Welcome, handsome Lel.

124. LEL
Do you order me to sing?

125. SNOWMAIDEN
I dare not order, but I ask you kindly.

126. Songs are my only consolation.

127. If you are willing, sing. I’ll pay you well.

128. LEL
I don’t take payment from girls.

129. But if you should offer the poor little shepherd boy a kiss…

130. SNOWMAIDEN
You’re asking for a kiss? Is it so dear?

131. Your songs are worth much more. I will not kiss you.

132. LEL
Then pick a flower and give it to me.

133. SNOWMAIDEN
Take it!

134. LEL
If the girls ask, I’ll say I got it from you.

135. The little strawberry grew under a bush.

136. An orphan girl was on a mountain born.

137. The berry will freeze without sun.

138. The girl will waste away without kisses.

139. The shepherd sings in the forest, of the fir trees and the birches.

140. The world is mine!

141. A girl is hurrying along a path, carrying two wreaths:

142. One for him and one for her.

143. Quiet down, forest, and let love do the talking.

144. CHORUS
Our Lel, handsome Lel. Come to us!

145. SNOWMAIDEN
Where are you going? Why did you drop my flower?

146. LEL
What shall I do with it? It has already faded!

147. Where do I go? Behold, on yonder branch, a bird.

148. He’ll sing a little, then he’ll fly away. Say, can you hold him?

149. They’re waiting for me.

150. We’ll run around and have a bit of fun, away from their strict mothers.

151. SNOWMAIDEN
How much pain there is here!

152. The flower, crumpled up by Lel, fell like a heavy stone upon my heart.

153. He runs to them, they’re prettier…

154. They laugh louder and speak in warmer voices.

155. And I’m about to cry that Lel has left me.

156. Handsome Lel, run where you’re loved.

157. Seek love, for you deserve it.

158. But why am I so hurt and so despondent?

159. Father Frost, what evil you have done me!

160. But from my mother Spring, I’ll take some warmth.

161. Just a tiny bit, to warm my frozen heart.

162. KUPAVA
She stands alone, poor thing. Even Lel abandoned her.

163. SNOWMAIDEN
Lel is bored with me.

164. He wants fun, he wants hot passionate caresses, and I am shy.

165. KUPAVA
Snowmaiden, I am so happy.

166. I could throw my arms around the neck of every passer-by

167. And shout my joy.

168. Hear me, and share with me the joy I feel!

169. As I gathered flowers, a handsome man approached.

170. One cannot live without a sweetheart.

171. Eventually, everyone must fall in love.

172. No matter how you try to hold back your heart.

173. As you surely know already.

174. The man promised to marry me. And we became quite close.

175. He is from the tsar’s court, a merchant by the name of Mizgir.

176. He swore to me that at dawn on the Sun god Yarilo’s holy day…

177. We will exchange wreaths in front of the tsar.

178. Snowmaiden, today my Mizgir comes to meet my friends.

179. It’s him!

180. My dear friends, here comes the man who will take me away from you.

181. Hide me, and only give me up for a large ransom.

182. MIZGIR
Fair maidens, is Kupava hiding among you?

183. GIRLS
We won’t give her up!

184. We haven’t finished singing, we haven’t finished playing.

185. MIZGIR
You need her, but I need her more.

186. Who will caress me? Who will comb my hair?

187. GIRLS
We will only give her up if you pay us in gold.

188. MIZGIR
I will gladly give you my gold…

189. And there is a ship waiting in harbor with nuts and candies for you too.

190. GIRLS
He struts like a peacock about our yard, molting golden feathers.

191. Don’t let him take our girl away from home!

192. MIZGIR
Watch out, or I will try a very different kind of persuasion.

193. KUPAVA
My beloved, for you I leave my parents and my village home.

194. Do not break my heart.

195. Friends, let’s sing a loud and happy song, out in the meadow.

196. GIRLS
In the plain there stands a linden-tree…

197. KUPAVA
Snowmaiden, dance with me for the last time…

198. SNOWMAIDEN
Take Lel as well and go, I’m right behind you.

199. KUPAVA
My love, let’s go, and they will follow.

200. MIZGIR
Your friend Snowmaiden, why does she ask for Lel?

201. KUPAVA
She will be sad without him.

202. MIZGIR
Wouldn’t she rather walk with me? You can take Lel.

203. KUPAVA
But I am yours. The grave alone shall part us.

204. MIZGIR
I don’t care where you walk. I’m staying here.

205. KUPAVA
Cover my eyes with running sand, crush my heart with a mill-stone.

206. Go take another woman, I cannot bear to look at you.

207. Snowmaiden, give me back my lover!

208. SNOWMAIDEN
Kupava and her friend, leave me. I don’t belong with you.

209. MIZGIR
Snowmaiden, stay. Who is your lucky lover?

210. SNOWMAIDEN
I have no lover.

211. MIZGUIR.
Then I’ll be yours.

212. Look, Kupava. The Sun is setting already. Can you bring it back?

213. KUPAVA
One cannot turn back the Sun.

214. MIZGIR
So it is with love that has faded. It’s gone for good, Kupava.

215. KUPAVA
Woe is me! Frieds, come back!

216. MIZGIR
Love me! I will ply you with precious gifts.

217. Servants, bring sacks of gold and silver.

218. SNOWMAIDEN
Lel, flee!

219. LEL
Goodbye.

220. SNOWMAIDEN
Why are you crying?

221. LEL
When you experience it yourself, you’ll know why people cry.

222. MIZGIR
Love me! I will ply you with precious gifts.

223. I will give you my whole life too.

224. I have traveled around the world, I have met many beautiful women.

225. But never saw a beauty like yours.

226. KUPAVA
Friends, come back! Look! I am crying.

227. Despair is choking me by the throat, and my lips are burning with fever.

228. And he is happy, looking into her eyes, can’t get enough of her!

229. Why did you stop loving me?

230. MIZGIR
A man in love values a woman’s modesty. Her timid eyes are down…

231. And only a furtive tender glance they cast in his direction.

232. You embraced me with both arms, and seeing your lack of shame…

233. I thought, you’d trade me for another.

234. KUPAVA
Will no one defend me?

235. Bees, leave your honey combs and form an angry swarm.

236. Plunge your stings into his shameless eyes.

237. Fragrant, climbing, curling hops, turn his laughter sour.

238. As he is talking to a girl, make him an ignoramus.

239. As he walks home, let him hit his drunken head on a post.

240. Cold, deep river, hide my pain.

241. LEL
Do not drown your heart. Your pain will pass and it will live again.

242. KUPAVA
You worthless, worthless man.

244. Our protector, radiant tsar!

245. TSAR
Tell me what happened.

246. KUPAVA
Radiant tsar, an unbelievable outrage…

247. TSAR
Tell me what happened.

248. KUPAVA
He took my hear and my soul, he had his fill of my caresses

249. And then he called me shameless in front of all the people!

250. TSAR
Maiden, I hear your complaint, I see the truth and feel your pain.

251. But what’s the use? Tell me, who is he?

252. KUPAVA
Oh my great tsar…

253. TSAR
Say it!

254. KUPAVA
Shall I tell all?

255. TSAR
Tell it all!

256. KUPAVA
Spring is in the air, and there are many celebrations…

257. Many strolls through the forest and the meadow.

258. It does not take long for a girl to meet a boy.

259. TSAR
So who did you meet?

260. KUPAVA
I met a man of the Mizgir clan, of the trade profession.

261. TSAR
I know it.

262. KUPAVA
Oh my great tsar…

263. TSAR
Say it!

264. KUPAVA
May I tell all?

265. TSAR
Tell it all!

266. KUPAVA
So if a girl meets a boy, handsome and sweet…

267. If she thinks she could live her life with him, in peace and happiness

268. Should she not love him?

269. TSAR
She should, my dear.

270. KUPAVA
So I did. May I tell all?

271. TSAR
Tell it all!

272. KUPAVA
I forgot everyone, my friends and my family

273. All I knew, all I remembered, was my tender love

274. We kissed and we embraced, we gazed into each other’s eyes

275. Beloved tsar, it seems our happiness was not meant to last.

276. We decided to go into the forest with my friends…

277. But as soon as he saw Snowmaiden, the evil heartbreaker

278. He flew at her like a hawk.

279. He hovers over her.

280. He has cast me aside and shamed me.

281. Yet I am faithful as before.

282. He has begged for my heart, but now he curses me.

283. He called me shameless in front of all the people!

284. TSAR
Poor girl! Your honest grief, it moves me.

285. KUPAVA
I can’t see the light of day. I feel as if my legs were broken

286. I could fall at any moment, like a sheaf of grain

287. TSAR
Beautiful girl. I am astonished at your simple tale.

288. Mizgir, will you beg for her forgiveness and take her as your wife?

289. MIZGIR
Mizgir has but one wife, Snowmaiden.

290. KUPAVA
Great tsar, I’ll hate him till the day I die.

291. TSAR
His misdeeds call for death, but we don’t have such bloody laws.

292. So let the gods punish him. But we shall condemn him to exile.

293. Run him into the forest! Let the wild animals be his friends.

294. Wolves cruel as himself – their savage hearts are like your own, Mizgir!

295. MIZGIR
I have nothing to say in my defense.

296. But if you, great tsar, had only seen Snowmaiden…

297. SNOWMAIDEN
Greetings, tsar.

298. TSAR
Nature is full of miracles. Widely it spreads its wondrous gifts.

299. It casts a spring flower in a forgotten corner, feeds it with dew.

300. And the flower excites us with its fragrance.

301. Snowmaiden, your time has come. Pick a man after your heart.

302. SNOWMAIDEN
I don’t know where to find him.

303. TSAR
Your heart will tell you.

304. SNOWMAIDEN
My heart is silent.

305. LEL
Great tsar, she does not yet know love.

306. TSAR
Such a beauty, and knows not love?

307. No wonder Yarilo the Sun God is angry!

308. Whoever wakes love in her heart before the night is out

309. Will, with a royal gift, take her for his wife.

310. A great honor awaits you, shepherd!

311. MIZGIR
Great tsar, postpone my exile.

312. I swear, my love will ignite her untouched heart.

313. TSAR
Mizguir and Lel, I accept your offers, and happily await Yarilo’s day.

314. At dusk, we shall gather in the sacred wood for games and song.

315. The night will pass quickly.

316. And at the pink light of dawn, wearing a green wreath…

317. The tsar will walk to meet the Sun among his jubilant people

320. GIRLS
A linden-tree grows in the meadow.

321. And beneath it is a white tent.

322. In the tent is a girl.

323. She has gathered flowers and made a wreath.

324. Who is it for?

325. It is for the one she loves.

326. TSAR
Thank you for your songs and your dances.

327. The joyful day is leaving, the evening rays grow pale.

328. Cold dark tendrils weave about the branches.

329. And soon the night will fall onto the tops of trees.

330. It is time we go to our tents

331. And end this day in a happy circle of friends.

332. Handsome Lel, sing us a parting song.

333. LEL
The rain cloud said to the thunder:

334. You make noise, and I will spread water.

335. Let is sprinkle the ground with a spring rain.

336. The little flowers will be so happy.

337. Girls will come out to gather berries. And the boys will follow.

338. Oh my Lel!

339. In the woods, the girls have spread out –

340. Some are in the bushes, and some are in the pine trees

341. Picking berries, calling to each other.

342. Then one girl disappears.

343. The girls burst into tears: was our friend eaten by a wolf?

344. Oh my Lel!

345. The girls meet a stranger, a strange old man.

346. Stupid girls, have you lost your wits?

347. What use is your calling? Why would she answer?

348. Go look in the bushes.

349. Oh my Lel!

350. TSAR
Thank you, Lel!

351. Among the shy young maidens, pick one and bring her before us

352. And let her give you a hot kiss for your song.

353. SNOWMAIDEN
Take me, dear Lel!

354. TSAR
This bold kiss has ignited warmth in this old man’s heart.

355. As if I had downed a heavy cup of strong mead.

356. Speaking of mead, it’s time we honor it.

357. It’s joys are within reach even to the old.

358. Let us hurry and have fun, my children!

359. SNOWMAIDEN
Handsome Lel, why do you hurt me so?

360. Am I not beautiful?

361. But you take Kupava, bring her to the tsar and kiss her.

362. Sweet Lel, love me, just a little.

363. Wait, and Snowmaiden will love you too.

364. Take me to the tsar’s tent, and meet the rising sun with me.

365. My wreath is wilted. I must pick new flowers from the meadow.

366. MIZGIR
Snowmaiden, I have been looking for you.

367. SNOWMAIDEN
No, go away! Please don’t.

368. MIZGIR
I will not let go of you until I tell you how my heart suffers.

369. My soul did not know love until this moment, only pleasure.

370. My proud heart is used to giving orders.

371. It did not cry, it did not know how to beg for mercy.

372. Now I am broken under the great weight of passion.

373. Look, before you, a proud man stands on his knees.

374. SNOWMAIDEN
Why? Get up, Mizgir!

375. MIZGIR
Say but one word to me, I am begging you!

376. Will you love me or not?

377. SNOWMAIDEN
Your words frighten me, your tears are terrifying.

378. Go away, let go of me.

379. You are a good man. Let me be. Let go. Why do you threaten me?

380. MIZGIR
Wait! You are right that I am terrifying. Shame colors my face.

381. You must pay for my humiliation.

382. In the depths of the warm blue sea, there are precious pearls.

383. I sent divers to the bottom and they brought me one pearl

384. Such as no tsar’s crown contains.

385. I will trade you, the priceless pearl for your love.

386. SNOWMAIDEN
Keep your priceless pearls.

387. My love may not be worth much, but I will not sell it.

388. MIZGIR
Then you will give it up for free!

389. Enough words. Put away your flowers.

390. I swore before the tsar, gods, and the entire people.

391. It’s time! You are my wife!

392. SNOWMAIDEN
Let go! Save me, handsome Lel!

393. MIZGIR
Lel might come. But first, Mizgir will take what the shepherd wants.

394. WOOD SPRITE
Wait, Mizgir.

395. Follow the running ghost all night.

396. MIZGIR
Sweet vision flickers before me. Hold on!

397. Drunk with love, I confused a tree stump for your body

398. The glint of green lightning bugs, I confused for your eyes

399. WOOD SPRITE
Chase after your dream

400. MIZGIR
I see her ghost again. It beckons to me.

401. I swore before the tsar, gods, and the entire people.

402. It’s time! You are my wife!

403. Snowmaiden, wait!

404. WOOD SPRITE
Sunlight alone will drive away his dream.

405. LEL
Where did she go?

406. KUPAVA
I barely found you, my heart’s desire. You made me feel warm.

407. You saved me from shame and ridicule and rescued my pride.

408. You made me equal to them with your kiss.

409. LEL
Well did I know what kind of heart I captured.

410. And happily I give my soul to you.

411. KUPAVA
I don’t know if your love will last, but my love is for life, my sweet.

412. Handsome Lel, I am yours forever.

413. LEL
My eyes have found your eyes, my heart has found it’s refuge.

414. Let’s go. The night is fading, and dawn colors the edge of the Earth.

415. It will spread, wider and brighter. It is time to meet Yarilo the Sun.

416. KUPAVA
Night is fading. It’s time to meet the dawn!

417. SNOWMAIDEN
Heartbreaker! It’s what you called me.

418. Yet you are the one taking Lel from me.

419. LEL
Snowmaiden, you should listen more to Kupava’s fiery words.

420. It is time you learned how a heart speaks when it burns with love.

421. Know that Lel needs more than a child’s love.

422. Good bye.

423. SNOWMAIDEN
O Mother Spring, I've been deceived!

424. Weeping, I implore you: I want to love!

425. Give love to me! And take my life instead.

426. LEL, KUPAVA
Let’s go. The night is fading, and dawn colors the edge of the Earth.

427. It will spread, wider and brighter. It is time to meet Yarilo the Sun.

428. SNOWMAIDEN
Mama, your abandoned daughter calls out to you in tears.

429. Come from beneath the waves to hear my complaint.

430. FAIRY SPRING
My child, what is your plea?

431. I can comfort you with a parting gift. This is my final hour.

432. At dawn, Yarilo the Sun God takes over, and Summer starts.

433. What are you lacking?

434. SNOWMAIDEN
Love. Everyone around me is in love. I am the only one unhappy.

435. I want to love, but I have neither words not feeling.

436. I have known painful jealousy, but known not love.

437. I am afraid that my beauty shall fade without happiness.

438. Mama, give me love!

439. FAIRY SPRING
My child, I am prepared to give it.

440. This wreath contains the source of love.

441. Lily of the valley, the pure white fragrant flower of dawn…

442. Will cast a languid shine on your white cheeks.

443. The tiny forget-me-nots will brighten your smile.

444. The rose will cast a blush over your chest and shoulders.

445. The cornflower will color your eyes blue…

446. The poppy will cloud your judgment, the hops will turn your head…

447. SNOWMAIDEN
Mama, what is happening to me?

448. The forest is full of beauty.

449. Water calls out to me, the bushes invite me to sit in their shade.

450. And the sky…

451. MIZGIR
Wait, Snowmaiden!

452. I have been chasing you all night. My strength deserts me.

453. Are you afraid?

454. SNOWMAIDEN
No, I am not afraid. Let me look into your eyes!

455. I am irresistibly drawn to your bold glance, your ardent voice.

456. MIZGIR
I am hanging on to your every word…

457. Afraid to believe in this unexpected happiness.

458. SNOWMAIDEN
Is this a dream? No, my heart seeks your protection.

459. I want to press my body to yours.

460. Darling, I am yours! Take me home with you.

461. I swear to love you, to anticipate your every wish.

462. MIZGIR
Is this a dream? Say more, more.

463. Your words fill me with such happiness.

464. SNOWMAIDEN
My darling, we must run. Hide me from the sun.

465. His treacherous rays scare me with their malicious glint.

466. Save your Snowmaiden!

467. MIZGIR
But your love is my only salvation.

468. I will show you to the tsar, and he will pardon me.

469. SNOWMAIDEN
I do not dare disobey my parents.

470. They felt trouble coming, and told me to hide my love from the Sun.

471. Save our love and take mercy on me.

472. MIZGIR
You are accustomed to giving orders, but I am no boy.

473. I order – stay! But if trouble comes, I will die with you.

474. SNOWMAIDEN
Darling, I am yours! Take me home with you.

475. I swear to love you, to anticipate your every wish.

476. MIZGIR
Say more, more. Your words fill me with boundless happiness.

477. SNOWMAIDEN
Look, the sky is burning. Hold me close.

478. Hide me from the Sun’s fiery rays.

479. MIZGIR
Say more, more. Your words fill me with boundless happiness.

480. TSAR
May your union be blessed with joy and plenty

481. Many children and grandchildren.

482. MIZGIR
Great tsar, I have fulfilled your wish. Now bless my marriage.

483. TSAR
Do you willingly give your life over to this man?

484. With your hand, do you give him your heart?

485. SNOWMAIDEN
Great tsar, ask me a hundred times, and a hundred times I’ll answer:

486. I love him.

487. As the pale morning dawned, I revealed to my chosen…

488. My love and rushed to his embrace.

489. But what is happening to me? Bliss or death?

490. What rapture! What sweet longing!

491. Mother Spring! I thank you for this happiness.

492. I thank you for the sweet gift of love.

493. Lel, in my ears are your bewitching songs.

494. Fire in my eyes … fire in my heart … fire in my blood.

495. Fire everywhere. I love and I melt from the sweet feeling of love.

496. Godbye everyone. Goodbye my friends, goodbye, my fair bridegroom.

497. Goodbye, my darling. I am yours. My last glance is for you.

498. CHORUS
A marvel strange and most mysterious!

499. She is melting like snow. The girl is no more!

500. LEL
Radiance and power, our Sun Yarilo!

501. There is nothing more beautiful than you!

502. Give us, god of light, a warm summer and a plentiful harvest.