Невеста Полоза [Nevesta Poloza] [English translation]

Why, it’s not dust on the sylvan trails that vines away

Why, don’t you go stir up the trouble, maiden fair!

Don’t awake evil spells

Turn around, look away

Snake to snake being wed today 1

You knew no evil, eyes from the trouble you never hid

You shall be one of us, maiden, it’s you who asked for it!

O'er the clearing afar

Is in wait the Snake Tsar

You are promised for good to him 2

Hold me back home

Bed of fine silken sheets lay me down on

And caress me long

To the well alone never let me go(х2)

To the well alone...3

Serpentine philtre 4 is something that I won't procure

My golden stare I’ll never dare to raise at you 5

My tan’s into scale

Myself off to flame

In the fall I'll go follow snakes 6

Behind the curtains I do hear Poloz’s dust like voice

Half of his face is insatiate eyes of pure gold

And he beckons me down

“Come, love, underground

And enjoy thirty three hug coils” 7

Hold me back home

Bed of fine silken sheets lay me down on

And caress me long

To the well alone never let me go(х2)

To the well alone never let me go

Never let me, never let me go to the well

Hold me back home

Bed of fine silken sheets lay me down on

And caress me long

To the well alone never let me go(х4)

To the well alone never let me go

To the well alone....

Hold me back home!

1. On June 12th or All Snakes' Day (Zmeevik) women stayed home all day not to become Poloz's bride 2. In Slavic mythology Poloz (Coluber) was the Tzar of all Snakes and the Ruler of the Underworld. Once a year, on that very day, Poloz was believed to be choosing himself a bride. The maiden who he had picked out went with him into his underground kingdom and was never seen again 3. The only way for Poloz to see the light world was through the mirror of water, so on that day girls were scared off looking into wells, rivers and lakes in fear that Poloz might see them and like. 4. The strongest love philtre on snake venom to arouse affection 5. Poloz was in charge of all the gold underground. The legend has it that he occasionally let his wives into the light world. They could be recognized by the golden colour of their eyes which had eternally reflected the huge amount of gold they saw every day 6. If Poloz wanted a girl for a bride he sent her a gold ring. If it was accepted she was promised to him and snakes showed her the way into Poloz's kingdom underground.7. A cornerstone number in numerology one of the meanings of which is "sacrifice for love"

• Artist:Melnitsa
• Album:Zov Krovi (Зов Крови)