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"Õìåëüíà äëÿ íèõ ñëàâÿíîâ êðîâü, íî òÿæêî áóäåò èõ ïîõìåëüå" |
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Bonfires glow in the darkness of the rival hosts, |
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The shadows of soldiers waved like ghosts |
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The breath of spring, the weather's kindness |
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Light crunch of melted ice broke the silence |
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Both banks had a foretaste of morning battle |
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Em's, Liv's, |
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Chud's camps was also on the |
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Germans side |
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By force they were baptized from hands of crusaders |
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Enemy coast like a burning ant hill in the night |
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The shine of the northern star which flashes like the eye of the devil |
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Becomes a sign to start the fight with the force of evil. |
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At that time a group of fishermen came to |
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Alexander with glistening axes and near by walked a gray-eyed foreigner with big moustache. |
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Fishermen said they found him half-frozen, brought him to their camp and warmed him up. |
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He ran away from the knights. "Why did you run from the Germans?" - asks king stranger. "Wolves are they, not humans" - said the man with a big moustache. "Let me fight with you against knights" - asked the stranger - "To pay for my insults". |
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Alexander nods assent. "Cross yourself". |
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Moustache-man crossed himself three times from left shoulder to right. "He crosses himself not by our way" - noticed the fisherman. "Never mind. If only he fights by our way, but God is one and the truth is one!" "Great, you stay and fight with us", said |
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Alexander "Thanks, I'll do my best to get a good name" - answers the stranger |
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Look, what is that twinkle on the other side of the lake, it's a signal, isn't it? |
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That's right, the ice is floating! Íà âåëèêîé ðåêå òðîíóëñÿ ëåä âäàëåêå. À ïî îçåðó íàøè âîéñêà ïîéäóò ëåãêå Íà ñåðåäèíó îçåðà èõ íàäî íàì çàìàíèòü Òàì è áóäåò ðåêà ñ æåëåçîì èõ õîðîíèòü. |
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Rise of the sun, thunder of horse's hoofs, heralding the start of battle. |
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Through morning haze, |
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Knight's armor blazes, |
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Exhale drunken mist in |
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Russian troopers heads. |
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The ranks of mounted |
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Livons with giant pikes in iron hands |
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The pig's snout sticks in the human swamp, |
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Snow and blood mix in to one |
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Forces of good hold the onset of the wedge |
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Cries of dying men and horses reached the skies |
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The Germans were trapped, no way to run, |
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The Russian pincers are shut, the way to the crusader's victory was cut |
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New Russian hosts from left and right strike the wedge. |
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Encircled knights fall in to dread and lose their courage |
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They start to retreat, but the lake cant bear the weight of the knights |
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The ice cracks and the waters gobble the soldiers up. |
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The lakes waters will be red tonight |