The legend of the marvellous
Journeys and heroic deeds
The many adventures
Of Prince Bova

The mighty Bogatyr
Begins with the tale of his insidious mother

Militrisa Kirtiervna
Plotted the death
Of her husband
Tsar Guidon
So she could marry her secret lover Tsar Dadon

But when Dadon threw
Bova into a dungeon
Militrisa’s maternal heart
Was deeply touched

The mighty Bogatyr
And so she helped Bova to escape

His two great powers:
Unparalleled strength
And unearthly beauty
Enabled him
To defeat the forces of evil and find his true love:
Druzhevna Zenzeveyvna

He then married her
And he too became a Tsar
They had a son
Whom they also called Bova

The mighty Bogatyr
Ends with the tale of his handsome boy

Bova the elder
When his son grew up
Returned home
Craving for revenge
He beheaded Dadon and his son was crowned Tsar in his place

Nya pyar niwa sanya yo
Isola tua la nomu
To la lésé
swelo nyé u

Tyu yu y aya ya doluma
Nya so a pya dia péyé
Ein di dada pwé lu tuwé

Sein zé sein piu pwé tau diau
Sein na tan nyi ké du
My yo sein my wé di nu nya
Chueim yu ketiwa
Em mé mya yaundi yo

Swhé ko lo ma
Shuzé nyo swé ko la o ma
Shuzé nyo pa mu indré nya ma tru ma
Om me lom bué shé nyu swé ko lo ma
Shu zé nyu swé ko lo ma s hu zé nyu pa mu endré nyé ma otu ma ho
Me lom bué sé do ma
Nyu nyu lé do do…