Игорь Желтышев MISTRESS OF THE RIVERBANKS

Mist on my shoulders water at the door
My lantern is burning for souls on the shore
He swore to her loyalty warm summer night
But left her by autumn out of his sight

She didnt cry out she spoke not a word
Only her white dress in darkness occurred
She stepped into freezing and bottomless deep
No longer to wait and no longer to weep

And since that very night by the silent old stream
She became a shadow a ghost in a dream
Row ferryman row take your time tonight
A soul in your boat is fading from light

She sees no faces she cares for no name
But she hears the broken who cry in their pain
I am the mistress of the riverbanks
Beyond all names beyond the gods in ranks

My lantern guides the path is set in stone
No turning back you reap what you have sown
Sleep all you bones under riverbed clay
The vow breakers tongue will wither away

I am the mistress of the riverbanks
I hear the steps of the forgotten ranks
Who left his beloved by dark waters edge
Who broke a young heart and shattered his pledge

Who betrayed the soul that loved him the most
Tonight in the river hell sleep like a ghost
She wont even ask you the why or the when
The water will answer for all of these men

Where tears of the girls fell into the night
Her shadows are coming to set it all right
Bone to the bone and wave to the wave
The cruel and the heartless will find their cold grave

Don t pray on the shore don t beg to go free
If you betrayed love you are coming to me
I am the mistress of the riverbanks
Beyond all names beyond the gods in ranks

My lantern guides the path is set in stone
No turning back you reap what you have sown
Sleep all you bones under riverbed clay
The vow breakers tongue will wither away

I am the mistress of the riverbanks
I hear the steps of the forgotten ranks
The vow breakers tongue will wither away
You are coming to me