Очи чёрные [Ochi chornyie] [English translation]

Dark eyes, burning eyes

Passionate and splendid eyes

How I love you, How I fear you

Verily, I saw you at a sinister hour

Dark eyes, flaming eyes

They implore me into faraway lands

Where love reigns, where peace reigns

Where there is no suffering, where war is forbidden

Dark eyes, burning eyes

Passionate and splendid eyes

I love you so, I fear you so

Verily, I saw you at a sinister hour

If I hadn't met you, I wouldn't be suffering so

I would have lived my life smiling

You have ruined me, dark eyes

You have taken my happiness away forever

Dark eyes, burning eyes

Passionate and splendid eyes

I love you so, I fear you so

Verily, I saw you at a sinister hour

• Artist:Fedor Shalyapin