Paroles et traduction Grai - A Water Well

A Water Well

Из колодезной воды
Мертвых глаз взирает мгла.
Вниз, на дно, ведут следы
Той, что душу забрала.
Снится бледное чело,
Сушит горло липкий страх -
Имя выжжено его
Алым следом на руках.
Из колодца холод пьет
Черной траурной воды,
И на гулких стенах лед
Оставляет мрак беды.
Зельем сонным мужа опоила,
Да к колодезю водила.
В сердце остро лезвие вонзила,
Да в колодце утопила.
Видел месяц сквозь седы туманы
От серпа кровавы раны.
Всплеск ночную тишину нарушил,
Отпустило тело душу.
Вечор по лугу да всё гуляла,
Злы коренья собирала;
Собирала вечор злы коренья,
На темну реку ходила;
Те коренья мыла, вымывала
Чисто начисто в реке;
А как вымывши коренья,
Сухо насухо сушила;
Иссушивши злы коренья,
Мелко намелко стирала;
Намелко стирала злы коренья,
Да и яду наварила

A Water Well

From the well's murky water
Dead eyes stare into the haze.
Down below, to the depths, lead the traces
Of the one who stole my soul away.
A pale forehead haunts my dreams,
Clammy fear dries my throat -
Her name is etched like burning seams,
A scarlet mark on my arms afloat.
From the well, I drink the cold
Of the black, mourning water's hold,
And on the echoing walls, ice unfolds,
Leaving darkness, a story untold.
With a sleeping potion, you drugged your spouse,
And led him to the well's dark mouth.
A sharp blade, you plunged without a doubt,
And in the well, you drowned him out.
The moon witnessed through the gray mists,
Bloody wounds from the sickle's twists.
A splash broke the night's silent tryst,
His body released, the soul dismissed.
Last night, across the meadow you roamed,
Gathering evil roots, your heart entombed.
You gathered those wicked roots, I've been told,
And walked towards the river, dark and cold.
Those roots you washed, scrubbed clean and white,
Completely pure in the river's light.
And once the roots were cleansed from blight,
You dried them thoroughly, with all your might.
Having dried those evil roots so well,
You ground them finely, a witch's spell.
Those wicked roots, you ground so fine,
And brewed a poison, a dark design.