Очи чёрные, очи страстные
Очи жгучие и прекрасные
Как люблю я вас, как боюсь я вас
Знать, увидел вас я в недобрый час

Ох, недаром вы глубины темней!
Вижу траур в вас по душе моей,
Вижу пламя в вас я победное:
Сожжено на нём сердце бедное.

Но не грустен я, не печален я,
Утешительна мне судьба моя:
Всё, что лучшего в жизни Бог дал нам,
В жертву отдал я огневым глазам!

Dark eyes, passionate eyes.
Burning and splendid eyes.
How I love you, how I fear you.
Verily, I espied you in an ill-starred moment.

Oh, not for nothing are you darker than the deep!
I see mourning for my soul in you,
I see a triumphant flame in you.
A poor heart immolated in it.

But I am not sad, I am not sorrowful,
My fate is soothing to me.
All that is best in life, God gave us.
In sacrifice I returned to the fiery eyes!

어두운 눈, 격정적인 눈,
불타며 화려한 눈이여!
얼마나 내가 널 사랑하는지, 얼마나 두려워하며,
널 본 것이 불길한 시간이었나 봐

아, 당연지사지, 네가 심연보다 더 어두운 건!
애도하는 널 봐, 내 영혼을, 
득의만면한 네 불꽃 봐:
그 속에서 불타버리는 가여운 마음.

하나, 난 안 슬프다, 비탄 안 해,
내 운이 나를 위로하니
인생 최고의 전부를, 하나님 주셨어.
산 제물로 난 그 불타는 눈에 되돌아가! 

Dark eyes, burning eyes
Frightful and beautiful eyes
I love you so, I fear you so
For sure I've seen you at a sinister hour

Dark eyes, flaming eyes
They implore me into faraway lands
Where love reigns, where peace reigns
Where there is no suffering, where war is forbidden

Dark eyes, burning eyes
Frightful and beautiful eyes
I love you so, I fear you so
For sure I've seen you at a sinister hour

Without meeting you, I wouldn't be suffering
So I would have lived my life smiling
You have ruined me, dark eyes
You have taken my happiness forever away

Dark eyes, burning eyes
Frightful and beautiful eyes
I love you so, I fear you so
For sure I've seen you at a sinister hour