Nastya by Костробер
Nastya
(adapted translation)
The song “Nastya” is a mystical folk ballad in which a man, likening his passion to the stormy sea, offers his life and fate to his beloved muse, seeking love, bliss, and transcendence in her embrace.
Verse 1
The sea is restless, my sails are all trembling,
My vessel of love rushes into the storm.
She asked me for just a fragment of heaven,
And placed in my hands her bright hopes, so warm…
She placed in my hands her bright hopes, so warm.
Chorus
Nastya, oh Nastya,
Where is my treasure,
Where are the fires and the kiss of your lips?
Though storms fill my shelter,
I’m caught in your power,
Take me, my Nastya,
To love’s sweetest bliss!
Verse 2
For her just ten moments would blossom as heaven,
But I’d give her twenty, or a hundred, or more!
And if she would ask me, my life I would offer,
And fate’s heavy burden I’d cast to the shore…
Yes, fate’s heavy burden I’d cast to the shore!
Chorus
Nastya, oh Nastya,
Where is my treasure,
Where are the fires and the kiss of your lips?
Though storms fill my shelter,
I’m caught in your power,
Take me, my Nastya,
To love’s sweetest bliss!
Bridge
In the salt of the ocean, in waters unending,
The shimmering tails of the mermaids drift by…
But you, my sweet Muse, walk the streets never-ending,
In the weary city still chasing the sky…
In the weary city still chasing the sky.
Climax
An albatross soars with its talon of silver,
It dives for a fish through the waves wild and free.
But I am a flame, a doomed poet forever,
Enchained to your love and your sorrow with me…
To love and to suffer, to love and to suffer…
Final Chorus
Nastya, oh Nastya,
Where is my treasure,
Where are the fires and the kiss of your lips?
Though storms fill my shelter,
I’m caught in your power,
Take me, my Nastya,
To love’s sweetest bliss!
Outro
So let this song fly where the ocean is endless,
To scatter the sorrow, bring dreams from above.
I set you free, yet remain in your power,
And sing you a hymn of beauty and love…
I sing you a hymn of beauty and love.
Lyrics: Alexander Aizenberg
Music, arrangement, vocal performance, poetic translations into other languages, as well as artistic design: AI under the direction of Alexander Aizenberg
Listen to different versions of the song and support the author on the music portal Bandcamp:
In Russian:
https://kostrober.bandcamp.com/album/--179
In French:
YouTube: https://youtu.be/x8m0c83eT9o
In Russian:
https://youtu.be/BJvcOBjR5Bs
In French:
