Fairy Tale Glade depictions of the twelve months.

Fourth song

Visible to no one because of the magical hat, what is Ludmila doing?  Silent and sad, she strolls alone around the garden, thinking and sighing for Ruslan.  Day and night, the villain’s slaves search for the princess.  They only find her trail: disappearing fruit, a trampled meadow, and the sound of her pleasant voice.  The sorcerer finally decides to capture Ludmila.

The princess sits in a pavilion, looking at a blossoming meadow.  Suddenly, she hears “My dear!” and sees faithful Ruslan.  The prisoner flies to her mate.  In tears, she embraces him…but then the apparition disappears!  The princess is caught in a net, and the hat falls to the ground.  In that instant, the sorcerer appears.  The maiden moans terribly and falls unconscious.

Then the sound of a horn is heard, calling the dwarf.  In confusion, the sorcerer places the hat on the maiden and scurries off to an unknown meeting.

Fifth song

Who blew the horn and frightened the wizard?  Ruslan.  Beneath the villain’s palace, he waits.  Suddenly, Ruslan is struck by an unseen hand.  He lifts a worried gaze and sees Chernomor flying toward him with a mace.  Covering himself with his shield he brandishes his sword.  Chernomor flies at Ruslan again, but the agile knight darts away and fells the wizard with one fateful swing!  Ruslan grabs him by the beard.

The sorcerer flies away with Ruslan, who still clutches his beard.  They fly over deep forests, wild mountains, and the ocean deep.  The wizard, growing weak and amazed by the Russian’s strength, says, “Listen, knight! I will stop harming you but on the condition…”

"Silence!" interrupts his foe.  “Ruslan knows no agreements with the torturer of his wife!”

Two days the wizard carries the hero.  On the third day he says, “O, knight, take pity on me.  I have no more strength.”