Iz-za ostrova na stryezhyen',
Na prostor ryechnoy volny,
|: Vyplyvayut raspisnyye,
Ostrogrudyye chyelny. :|
Na pyeryednyem Styen'ka Razin,
Obnyavshis' sidit s knyazhnoy,
|: Svad'bu novuyu spravlyayet,
On vyesyolyy i khmyel'noy. :|
Pozadi ikh slyshyen ropot:
"Nas na babu promyenyal,
|: Nochku s nyeyu provozilsya,
Sam na utro baboy stal." :|
Etot ropot i nasmyeshki
Slyshit groznyy ataman,
|: I on moshchnoyu rukoyu
Obnyal pyersiyanki stan. :|
Brovi chyornyye soshlisya,
Nadvigayetsya groza,
|: Buynoy krov'yu nalilisya
Atamanovy glaza. :|
"Vsyo otdam, nye pozhalyeyu,
Buynu golovu otdam,"
|: Razdayetsya golos vlastnyy
Po okryestnym byeryegam. :|
A ona, potupya ochi,
Ni zhiva i ni myertva,
|: Molcha slushayet khmyel'nyye
Atamanovy slova: :|
"Volga, Volga, mat' rodnaya,
Volga, russkaya ryeka!
|: Nye vidala ty podarka
Ot donskogo kazaka!" :|
"I chtob nye bylo razdora
Myezhdu vol'nymi lyud'mi,
|: Volga, Volga, mat' rodnaya,
Na --- krasavitsu primi!" :|
Moshchnym vzmakhom podymayet
On krasavitsu-knyazhnu,
|: I za bort yeyo brosayet,
V nabyezhavshuyu volnu. :|
"Chto-zh vy, chyerti, priunyli?
Ey ty, Fil'ka, shut, plyashi!
|: Gryanyem, brattsy, udaluyu
Na pomin yeyo dushi!" :|
Iz-za ostrova na stryezhyen',
Na prostor ryechnoy volny,
|: Vyplyvayut raspisnyye
Styen'ki Razina chyelny. :|