白桦林

The quiet village is covered with white snow

Under the gloomy sky, doves are flying

On the birch trees are carved those two names

They swore to love each other for all their lives

One day the flames of war reached their hometown

The young man took up his gun and went to the frontier

My beloved, don't you worry about me

Wait for me to return to that birch forest

The sky is still gloomy, still doves are flying

Who will bear witness to love and lives without gravestones

Snow is still falling, the village is still peaceful

Young people have vanished into the birch forest

The news of misfortune came that afternoon

Her beloved died on a distant battlefield

She silently came to that birch forest

Staring with longing eyes, she waited there every day

She said he was just lost far away

He will surely come to this birch forest

The sky is still gloomy, still doves are flying

Who will bear witness to love and lives without gravestones

Snow is still falling, the village is still peaceful

Young people have vanished into the birch forest

The long road is about to reach its end

That girl is now gray-haired

She often hears him calling by her pillow

"Come, my dear, to this birch forest"

At death, she murmured softly

"I'm coming, wait for me in that birch forest"