Above the city Peter had abandoned

Above the city Peter had abandoned,
The church bells resonated thunder.

Again, their crashing waves have swept
Above the woman that you’ve left.

Tsar Peter, and you, tsar, shall be admired!
Yet, here, the bells are elevated higher.

So long as they ring out from the blue -
The primacy of Moscow will hold true.

And forty forties churches from afar
Still ridicule the grandeur of the tsar!