Как Падший Ангел (Наутилус) / Like a Fallen Angel (Nautilus) - 1st draft

I dreamed of dogs that swarmed me, like flies,
I dreamed that beasts with eyes, full of rage,
Tore into my wings as I reached the sky,
And I tumbled down like a fallen angel.

Don't remember the fall; I only remember
The sounds of crash against the stone shell.
Have I risen so high just to surrender,
And plunge to the Earth, like a fallen angel?

            Chorus:
   Falling down
   To Earth whose laws we knew well and whom we have tried to defy;
   Falling down
   To Earth from where we gazed for so long into the sky...
   Falling down....

I was striving to be noble and fair,
And I didn't think it disgusting or strange
That crowds of people with blankets and chairs
Were coming to see the fall of an angel.

And gray flakes came down, like sand in the storm,
Either bitter, like manna, or sweet, like sage,
And soft like the feathers that were torn
From the broken wings of the fallen angel.


            Chorus:
   Falling down
   To Earth whose laws we knew well and whom we have tried to defy;
   Falling down
   To Earth from where we gazed for so long into the sky...
   Falling down
   To Earth whose laws we knew well and whom we have tried to defy;
   Falling down
   To Earth from where we gazed for so long into the sky...

   Falling down....

Как Падший Ангел (Наутилус) / Like a Fallen Angel (Nautilus)

I have been meaning to translate this song for a while now.. It is one of my favorite Russian rock songs by Nautilus Pompilius, a Russian rock group of the 1980s-1990s. They are still active, but I like their old albums the best and plan to translate quite a few songs from there.

Original text

Как Падший Ангел (Наутилус) / Like a Fallen Angel (Nautilus)


Мне снятся собаки, мне снятся звери.
Мне снится, что твари с глазами как лампы,
Вцепились мне в крылья у самого неба
И я рухнул нелепо, как падший ангел.

Я не помню паденья, я помню только
Глухой удар о холодные камни.
Неужели я мог залететь так высоко
И сорваться жестоко, как падший ангел.


Прямо вниз.
Туда, откуда мы вышли в надежде на новую жизнь.
Прямо вниз.
Туда, откуда мы жадно смотрели на синюю высь.
Прямо вниз.


Я пытался быть справедливым и добрым
И мне не казалось не страшным, ни странным,
Что внизу на земле собираются толпы
Пришедших смотреть, как падает ангел.

И в открытые рты наметает ветром
То ли белый снег, то ли сладкую манну,
То ли просто перья, летящие следом
За сорвавшимся вниз, словно падший ангел.


Прямо вниз.
Туда, откуда мы вышли в надежде на новую жизнь.
Прямо вниз.
Туда, откуда мы жадно смотрели на синюю высь.
Прямо вниз.
Туда, откуда мы вышли в надежде на новую жизнь.
Прямо вниз.
Туда, откуда мы жадно смотрели на синюю высь.
Прямо вниз.




Word-for-word translation

I dream about dogs, I dream about animals,
I dream about beasts with eyes like lamps
Sank their claws into my wings right next to the sky
And I fallen awkawardly, like a fallen angel.

I can't remember the fall, I remember only
A muffled sound of crash against the cold stones
Could I have soared so high,
And to plunge so fast, like a fallen angel?

Chorus:
Straight down,
From where we left, hoping for a better life?
Straight down,
From where we looked up in to the blue sky.


And I have tried to be fair and kind,
And I didn't think it was scare or odd
That there, on the ground, the crowds are gathering.
They are coming to see the fall of an angel.

And the wind is blowing into their hanging months
Something looking like white snow or the sweet manna,
Or maybe just the feathers, slowling falling down
After the one who fell down, like a fallen angel.



Chorus:
Straight down,
From where we left, hoping for a better life?
Straight down,
From where we looked up in to the blue sky.