Блажен, кто праздник жизни рано Оставил, не допив до дна Бокала полного вина, Кто не дочел ее романа И вдруг умел расстаться с ним, Как я с Онегиным … - Alexander Pushkin

Mosalsky: Good folk! Maria Godunov and her son Feodor have poisoned themselves. We have seen their dead bodies. [The People are silent with horror.] Why are ye silent? Cry, Long live the Tsar Dimitry Ivanovich! [The People are speechless.]

"Perhaps you'd like, you gentle fellow,
To hear what I'm prepared to say
On "kinfolk" and their implications?
Well, here's my view of close relations:
They're people whom we're bound to prize,
To honor, love, and idolize,
And following the old tradition,
To visit come the Christmas feast,
Or send a wish by mail at least;
All other days they've our permission,
To quite forget us if they please-
So grant them, God, long life and ease!"

Asa, ca norii de pe cer,
Gandurile ne preschimba chipul suav
Pe care, astazi, iubindu-l,
Poti maine sa-l urasti.