Dosvedanya Mio Bombino (Farewell To My Bumblebee)

The samovar is full of tea

You stare unblinkingly at me

While your car waits in the freezing rain

I know your soul calls Moscow home

But your heart belongs to Rome

So for years I've followed you in vain

But oh... will you ever know... what you are!

Dosvedanya, mio bombino

Dosvedanya, mio bombino

There is a place where only you alone go

There is a world that only you alone know

Along an endless balcony

Above the Adriatic Sea

I tried to storm the Kremlin of your heart

In Florence we were on the mend

But that mazurka had to end

You missed the naked trees of Gorky Park

But oh... will you ever know... what you've lost!

Dosvedanya, mio bombino

Dosvedanya, mio bombino

There is a place where only you alone go

There is a world that only you alone know

But oh... will you ever know... what you have!

Dosvedanya, mio bombino

Dosvedanya, mio bombino

There is a place where only you alone go

There is a world that only you alone know

I heard you finally settled down

In a warm Italian town

So I took the train to see you there

Your wife is sweet and you're well-fed

Your daughter tucked away in bed

Still, you looked at me with great despair

"I hear snow is falling on Red Square!"

val-de-ree, val-de-rah, val-de-ree, val-de-rah,

val-de-ree, val-de-rah, my knapsack on my back!