II + 

Winter! The peasant blithely goes + 

To labour in his sledge forgot, + 

His pony sniffing the fresh snows + 

Just manages a feeble trot + 

Though deep he sinks into the drift; + 

Forth the kibitka gallops swift, + 

Its driver seated on the rim + 

In scarlet sash and sheepskin trim; + 

Yonder the household lad doth run, + 

Placed in a sledge his terrier black, + 

Himself transformed into a hack; + 

To freeze his finger hath begun, + 

He laughs, although it aches from cold, + 

His mother from the door doth scold. + 