Saturday, March 7, 2015

My brother Cain (Nautilus) / Мой брат Каин (Нау)

мой брат Каин был в далекой стране 
защищал там детей и пророков 

мой брат Каин вернулся спасать 

Россию от масонов и рока 

мой брат Каин за военный порядок 

и за железную власть 

Каин тяжко контужен и не спит на кровати 

потому что боится упасть 

и когда он выходит в двенадцать часов 

пьяный из безалкогольного бара 

лунный свет станет красным на десантном ноже 

занесенном для слепого удара 


когда он ревет кровь течет из-под век 

когда он смеется у него не все на месте 

он уже не человек 

он уже не человек 


мой брат Каин он все же мне брат 

каким бы он не был - брат мой Каин 

он вернулся домой - я открыл ему дверь 

потому что он болен и неприкаян 

он ловит в воздухе духов рукой 

но натыкается только на нас 

мой брат Каин все равно нас погубит 

потому что у Каина больше нет глаз 


когда он ревет кровь течет из-под век 

когда он смеется у него не все на месте 

он уже не человек 

он уже не человек 







My brother Cain, he served in a foreign land
Protecting the children of God.
My brother Cain now came to defend
Our country from the liberal crud.
My brother Cain he knows his rights,
He waits for a revolution ahead.
Cain is postconcusccive and won’t sleep in bed
Because he is scared of heights
But when he comes home drunk after a drive
To get him some beer and cash,
We see fresh blood on the tactical knife
Raised once again in a blind slash.

When he screams blood rolls from his eyes
And when he laughs I shiver in terror.
He is no longer there
He is no longer there

My brother Cain, he is still my brother,
And I am his brother, we are the same kin,
He knocks on my door, and I let him in,
Because he is ill and has no one other.
Cain is chasing ghosts with his hands in the air
But runs into furniture and sometimes into us
Will he kill us all in the midst of his nightmare?
Because my brother Cain has lost his eyes.

When he screams blood rolls from his eyes
And when he laughs I shiver in terror.
He is no longer there
He is no longer there

Monday, February 16, 2015

Tutankhamun (Nautilus) / Тутанхамон (Наутилус)


Если ты пьешь с ворами, опасайся за свой кошелек.
Если ты пьешь с ворами, опасайся за свой кошелек.
Если ты ходишь по грязной дороге, ты не сможешь не выпачкать ног.
Если ты выдернешь волосы, ты их не вставишь назад.
Если ты выдернешь волосы, ты их не вставишь назад.
И твоя голова всегда в ответе за то, куда сядет твой зад.

"Правда всегда одна" -
Это сказал фараон.
Он был очень умен,
И за это его называли -
Тутанхамон.

Я знал одну женщину, она всегда выходила в окно.
В доме было десять тысяч дверей, но она выходила в окно.
Она разбивалась насмерть, но ей было все равно.
Если бы ты знал эту женщину, ты бы не стал пить с ворами.
Если бы ты знал эту женщину, ты бы не стал пить с ворами.
Ты бы не стал ходить по грязи и разбрасываться волосами.






If you are drinking with thieves - remember to mind your gold,
When you are drinking with thieves - take care and mind your gold
How will you keep your feet clean walking down on this dirty road?
If you pull out a hair, then how will you insert it back?
If you pull our  a hair, then how will you insert it back?
And your head will have to answer for where you sit down your butt.

There is only one Truth
So said the Pharaon
He was the sun and the moon,
And for that they called him Tutanhamon


I knew this woman - she always left through a window square
The house had ten thousand doors, but she left through a window square
She always fell to her death, but did not seem to care
If you knew this woman, you wouldn't care to drink with the thieves
If you knew this woman, you wouldn't care to drink with the thieves
You wouldn't care to walk in the dirt or waste any hair.

There is only one Truth,
So said the Pharaon
He was the sun and the moon,
And for that they called him Tutanhamon

Saturday, September 13, 2014

Cry of the cranes (Vitas) / Криком журавлиным (Витас)

Sad time of the year..






Криком журавлиным (Витас) - original


Взгляд встречаю твой,
Мы давно с тобой
Не говорили о любви
Я ночным дождём
Расскажу о том
Ты шумом листьев говори

Припев:
Крикну клином
Журавлиным
"Я тебя люблю"
И отвечу
Ветром встречным
"Я тебя люблю"

Нет, не мало слов
Как весне цветов
Только словами не сказать
Что из всех святил,
Тех, что я любил
Только луна тебе под стать

Припев:
Крикну клином журавлиным
"Я тебя люблю"
И отвечу
Ветром встречным
"Я тебя люблю"

Но пусть ветра, дожди и крики
Птичьих стай вдали
Будут нашим разговором о любви

Припев:
Крикну клином журавлиным
"Я тебя люблю"
И отвечу ветром встречным
"Я тебя люблю"


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Word-for-word translation:

Like the cry of the cranes (Vitas)


I meet your eyes
It has been long
Since you and I talked about love.
I will tell you about it
With the night rain.
You tell me with the rustling of leaves

I will call out
Like the flock of cranes:
"I love you!"
And the answer
Like the wind in my face
"I love you!"

I have many words
Like the springtime flowers
But the words cannot express
That among all celestial stars
That I have loved
The Moon is only one worthy you


I will call out
Like the flock of cranes:
"I love you!"
And the answer
Like the wind in my face
"I love you!"

And the winds, rains, and the cries
Of the cranes far away
Will be our conversation about love.


I will call out
Like the flock of cranes:
"I love you!"
And the answer
Like the wind in my face
"I love you!"



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My translation - Draft 1

Cry of the Cranes

Searching for your eyes,
Long since you and I
Talked as if we could be free.
I will talk to you
Through these drops of dew
Through rustling leaves you answer me.

I hear the cry
Of cranes in the sky:
“I love you”
And I cry back
Into the dark:
“I love you”


Oh, so many words
Like the spring-time birds
But the true ones are so few.
And of all the lights
Lighting up my nights
Moon would be the one like you.

I hear the cry
Of cranes in the sky:
“I love you”
And I cry back
Into the dark:
“I love you”


And the leaves, rains, and the cries
Of the cranes above
Now are the only language of our love.

I hear the cry
Of cranes in the sky:
“I love you”
And I cry back
Into the dark:
“I love you”




Wednesday, June 25, 2014

Among weekend camfires and suburb trees,
Among Sunday prayers and family strife
We, the children of books, lived so care-free
Pining in the boredom of modern life.

Kids are endlessly wexed by our petty routines
So we fought ripping shirts and newly-bought jeans
But our moms mended up our clothes every time
While we drank our books, line after line.

Pale sunlight streamed through the lattice of blinds
Secret language of shadows that live in the past.
And the smell of the gunpowder tantalized our minds
Whiffing from the yellowed pages like dust.


In our books we could find
Fiery beats of the drums,
Shrieks of battlefield cries,
Flying coates of arms,
Meaning of the work "orders,"
Maps of clever attacks,
Cloacked spies, secret murders,
Hidden trails and tracks.

Raging fires of ancient battles and wars
Held the fuel for our hungry brains
And our first enemies we imagines in roles
Of spies, traitors, cowardsm, Judas, and Canes

In our dreams we were always clever and brave
Charming dames we were always able to save
As in beatiful songs sang by old ministrels
In the roles of the heros we saw ourselves

But the age of young dreams is always so short
Just around the corner are real wars to be fought
Try to look in the faces of your fallen friends
And to wrestle the weapons from their tired hands

Wrap your fingers around the handle, still warm,
It's no time to stop to think or to mourn
It is here where you will find before very long
If you are coward or hero, timid or strong



Sunday, June 1, 2014

Russian toast (Rosembaum) / Вечерняя застольная (Розембаум)

Вечерняя застольная (Розембаум)



Черт с ними, за столом сидим, поем, пляшем
Поднимем эту чашу за детей наших
И скинем с головы иней,
Поднимем, поднимем.
И скинем с головы иней,
Поднимем, поднимем.


За утро, и за свежий из полей ветер,
За друга, не дожившего до дней этих,
За память, что живет с нами,
Затянем, затянем.
За память, что живет с нами,
Затянем, затянем.

<a href="http://muzoton.ru">Тексты песен</a>
Бог в помощь всем живущим на земле людям, 

Мир дому, где собак и лошадей любят. 

За силу, что несут волны, 

По полной, по полной. 

За силу, что несут волны, 

По полной, по полной.


Родные, нас живых еще не так мало, 

Поднимем, поднимем за удачу на тропе шалой,
Чтоб ворон да не по нам каркал,
По чарке, по чарке.
Чтоб ворон да не по нам каркал,
По чарке, по чарке.

Чтоб ворон да не по нам каркал,
По чарке, по чарке.





A toast (Alexander Rozembaum)

Word-for-word translation


Hell with it,
Let’s raise this glass for our children,
And lets shake off the frost from our hair.
Let’s raise [the glass], let’s raise [the glass].
And lets shake off the frost from our hair.
Let’s raise [the glass], let’s raise [the glass].

This is to a morning, and the fresh wind from the fields,
This is a friend who did not live to see this day.
This is to the memory that lives in our hearts,
Let’s sing, let’s sing.
This is to the memory that lives in our hearts,
Let’s sing, let’s sing.

God’s grace to all currently living,
Peace to the home where dogs and horses are loved.
To toast the might of the waves [of the seas]
Let’s pour to the brim, let’s pour to the brim.
To toast the might of the waves [of the seas]
Let’s pour to the brim, let’s pour to the brim.

My people, we, the living, are still here
So let’ raise the glass to the luck on a treacherous trail
So that the raven would not caw above us
Raise your cup, raise your cup
So that the raven would not caw above us
Raise your cup, raise your cup

So that the raven would not caw above us
Raise your cup, raise your cup




my version 1  (June 18th)

Russian toast (Alexander Rozembaum)

Hell with them. Today is when the new day comes,
So, let’s raise this toast for our young ones,
Let’s shake off from our temples gray frost,
Let’s toast, let’s toast
Let’s shake off from our temples gray frost,
Let’s toast, let’s toast

To loved ones who have guided us in our ways,
To friends who did not live to see these days.
To memories that now live through us
Raise your glass …
To memories that now live through us
Raise your glass…

God’s grace to all lands where free winds flowed
Peace to homes where dogs and horses feel loved
To sea waves that sing us our hymn
Pour to the brim
To sea waves that sing us our hymn
Pour to the brim.

My people, we are still living and we shall not fail,
So let’s toast to out luck on this perilous trail,
So that the craws would not caw to us
Let’s raise our glass
So that the craws would not caw to us
Let’s raise our glass

So that the craws would not caw to us

Let’s raise our glass


Tuesday, May 13, 2014

Children of the books (Vysotskiy) / Книжные дети (Высоцкий)




Книжные дети (Владимир Высоцкий)
исполнение - Хелависа


Сpедь оплывших свечей и вечеpних молитв,
Сpедь военных тpофеев и миpных костpов
Жили книжные дети, не знавшие битв,
Изнывая от мелких своих катастpоф.

Детям вечно досаден
Их возpаст и быт,-
И дpались мы до ссадин,
До смеpтных обид.
Hо одежды латали
Hам матеpи в сpок,
Мы же книги глотали,
Пьянея от стpок.

Липли волосы нам на вспотевшие лбы,
И сосало под ложечкой сладко от фpаз,
И кpужил наши головы запах боpьбы,
Со стpаниц пожелтевших слетая на нас.


И пытались постичь
Мы, не знавшие войн,
За воинственный клич
Пpинимавшие вой,
Тайну слова "пpиказ",
Hазначенье гpаниц,
Смысл атаки и лязг
Боевых колесниц.

А в кипящих котлах пpежних боен и смут
Столько пищи для маленьких наших мозгов!
Мы на pоли пpедателей, тpусов, иуд
В детских игpах своих назначали вpагов.

И злодея следам давали остыть,
И пpекpаснейших дам
Обещали любить,
И, дpузей успокоив
И ближних любя,
Мы на pоли геpоев
Вводили себя.


Только в гpезы нельзя насовсем убежать:
Кpаткий век у забав - столько боли вокpуг!
Постаpайся ладони у меpтвых pазжать
И оpужье пpинять из натpуженных pук.

Испытай, завладев Еще теплым мечом
И доспехи надев, Что почем, что почем!
Разбеpись, кто ты - тpус
Иль избpанник судьбы,
И попpобуй на вкус
Hастоящей боpьбы.

И когда pядом pухнет изpаненный дpуг,
И над пеpвой потеpей ты взвоешь, скоpбя,
И когда ты без кожи останешься вдpуг
Оттого, что убили его - не тебя,-

Ты поймешь, что узнал,
Отличил, отыскал
По оскалу забpал:
Это - смеpти оскал!
Ложь и зло - погляди,
Как их лица гpубы!
И всегда позади -
Воpонье и гpобы.

Если мяса с ножа
Ты не ел ни куска,
Если pуки сложа
Наблюдал свысока,
И в боpьбу не вступил
С подлецом, с палачом,-
Значит, в жизни ты был
Ни пpи чем, ни пpи чем!

Если, путь пpоpубая отцовским мечом,
Ты соленые слезы на ус намотал,
Если в жаpком бою испытал, что почем,-

Значит, нужные книги ты в детстве читал!



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Children of the books (Vladimir Vysotskiy)Cover by Melnitsa

Literal translation


Among flickering candles and Sunday prayers,
Among dusty trophies and peaceful campfires
There lived children of the books, free of wars,
But pining in the pettiness of their dramas.

Their age and their routines
Are always annoying to the kids,
And so we fought until bruises
And until grave insults.
But our mothers always mended
Our clothes in time,
While we drank the wine of books,
Feeling drunk from their words.

With our hair stuck to the sweaty foreheads,
With our hearts weightless from the phases.
Our heads were dizzy from the smell of battlefields
That was descending on us from the yellowish pages.

And we, who did not know war
Those, who mistook dog howl for war cry,
We tried to grasp
The meaning of the word “order,”
The heat of attacks,
The clanging of war chariots.

And in the boiling pots of old turmoil and wars
How much food was there for our little thoughts!
And the roles of traitors, cowards, Judas
In our childish games we assigned to our childhood foes.

There we never let the villains escape,
Where we swore to always love to beautiful queens,
Where we always protected our friends
And loved our neighbors,
And where the roles of the heroes
We always assigned to ourselves.

But no one can hide in the fantasy forever.
Childhood time is so short - so much pain outside!
Try now for yourself to open the palms of the dead
To pick up the weapon from their tired hands.

Wrap around your hand around still warm handle,
Grasp the price, find how much is the price.
Test yourself, whether you are a coward or a man of the fate,
And try now the taste of the real war.

And when your wounded friend falls right next to you,
And when from your first loss you will scream out like mad,
When you would suddenly feel as if left without a skin
Because it should have been you, and not him, no, not him.

Then you will grasp, you will know,
You will find, you will see
That the grin of the death
Is behind the grins of the visors.
Do you see how crude is that face?
And always beyond it are coffins and crows.


If you never ate your dinner
From the blade of your knife,
If all battles you watched
Standing with folded arms,
And if you never tried to stop
The hand of the butcher or blackguard,
Then in this life
You just stood on the sides, on the sides

But if you had to cut your ways through the battle
With your fathers’ sword,
Swallowing tears, sweat, and blood
And if in the heat of battle you tested your worth
Then you read the right type of books
When you were a kid.



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Among weekend camfires and suburb trees,
Among Sunday prayers and family strife
We, the children of books, lived so care-free
Pining in the boredom of our lives.

Kids are endlessly wexed by their petty routines
So we fought ripping shirts and newly-bought jeans.
But our moms mended up our clothes every time
While we drank our books, gulping line after line.

Pale sunlight streamed through the lattice of blinds
Secret language of shadows that lived in the past.
And the smell of the gunpowder tantalized our minds
Whiffing from the yellowed pages like dust.

In our books we could find
Fiery beats of the drums,
Shrieks of battlefield cries,
Flying coats of arms,
Meaning of the word "orders,"
Maps of clever attacks,
Cloaked spies, secret murders,
Hidden trails and tracks.

Raging fires of ancient battles and wars
Held the fuel for our tireless brains
And our enemies we imagines in roles
Of spies, traitors, cowards, Judas, and Canes

In our dreams we were always so clever and brave
Charming dames we would always be able to save
As in beautiful songs sang by old minstrels
In the roles of the heroes we saw ourselves

But the age of dreams is always so short
Just around the corner are real wars to be fought
Try to look in thes face of your fallen friends
And to wrestle the weapons from their tired hands

Wrap your fingers around the handle, still warm,
It's no time to stop to think or to mourn
It is there where you will find before very long
If you are coward or hero, feeble or strong

When your friend first time falls by your side,
And your heart shatters in the midst of a fight,
When you feel as if left without your skin
'Cause it should have been you, and not him