Kuda, kuda, kuda vy udalilis’, vesny mojej zlatyje dni? Shto d’en’ griadushchi mn’e gatovit? Jevo moj vzor naprasna lovit: v glubokoi t'me tajitsa on! N’et nuzhdy; prav sudby zakon! Fadu li ja, streloj pranz’onny}, il’ mima praletit ana, vs'o blaga; bdenija i sna prikhodit chas apredel’ onny3! Blagaslav’en i d/en’ zabot, blagaslav/en i t'ny prikhod! Blisn’ot za-utra luch dennitey4 i zajigrajet jarkij d’en', a ja, byt’ mozhet, ja grabnitey saidu v tajinstvennuyu sen’! I pamyat’ junova poeta paglotit m’ediennaja Leta. Zabudet mir men’a; no ty! ty!... Ol'ga skazhy, prid’osh li, d’eva krasaty, slezu prolit’ nad vannei urnoj i dumat’: on mena 1’ bil! on mn’e jedinaj post’ atil rassffet pechal’ny3 zhyzni burnoj, akh, Ol'ga, ja teb’a l/ubil! tebe jedinaj posf’atil rassf‘et pechal’ny} zhyzni burnoj, akh, Ol’ga, ja teb’a 1'ubil! serd’echny} drug, zhelanny} drug, pridi, pridi! zhelanny} drug, Pridi, ja tvo) suprtg, . pridi, ja tvo} suprig, pridi, pridi! Ja zhdu teb’a, zhelanny} drug, pridi, pridi; ja tvoj suprag! Kuda, kuda, kuda vy udalilis’, zlatye dni, clatye dni mojej vesny? Notes =_remember about soft and hard consonants. “Soft” consonants are palatalized, meaning that they are pronounced with a simultaneous raising of the front (not tip) of the tongue to the soft palate. It sounds kinda like your saying y- lik 'yellow” at the same time, or as if you're about to follow the consonant with an i vowel. (Close approximation: do in fact pronounce a following y-as- in-"yellow”. It’s close.) -__Hard consonants just don’t have that palatalization business. Imagine them followed by an a vowel, or schwa, =_In this transcription: © Consonants before i and e are all soft. Sometimes I've marked them as soft with “ anyway o_ otherwise soft consonants are marked with following “