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The whole camp is sleeping The whole camp is sleeping. The moon shines above it with midnight splendor. Cue 55

Why then is my poor heart trembling? What sadness is tormenting me? Cue 56

Without care or regret I lead my days in wandering. Cue 57

Having rejected the chains of civilization, I am just as free as they are! Cue 58

I lived despising the power of cruel and blind fate! Cue 59

But, God! How the passions play with my susceptible soul! Cue 60

Zemfira! How she loved me! Cue 61

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How in the silence of the wilderness, leaning tenderly toward me, she spent the night hours! Cue 63

How often with a gentle whisper or an intoxicating kiss, she could dissipate my sadness! Cue 64

I remember, with tenderness full of passion, she whispered to me then: “I love you! I am in your power! Aleko, I am yours forever!” Cue 65

And then I would forget everything, listening to her words, madly kissing her intoxicating eyes… Cue 66

…her wonderful braids, darker than the night… the lips of Zemfira… Cue 67