The Mellow Chimes (Soviet Songs in English)

Translated by Boris Anisimov ENGLISH LYRICS: When I can hear in my sleep chimes that are mellow and deep, It is the break of the dawn. Church bells are ringing along. Down there across Russian plains rowan trees glow red again Like burning embers of coal touching the depths of my soul. When I hear the chimes of the dawn, I think of the place where I’ve grown ’Cause with my whole heart I have loved The sweet mellow chimes all along. Under the spell of the chimes, my thoughts go back to the times When I would listen in spring to songs my mother would sing. There on the paths unconcealed we strolled along in the fields. There I could hear in my sleep chimes that are mellow and deep. When I hear the chimes of the dawn, I think of the place where I’ve grown ’Cause with my whole heart I have loved The sweet mellow chimes all along. RUSSIAN LYRICS: Сквозь полудрему и сон слышу малиновый звон Это рассвета го