Kukushka

Cuckoo

Kukushka

Songs of the unwritten, how many?Pesen yeshche nenapisannykh, skol'ko?
Tell me, cuckoo, singSkazhi, kukushka, propoy
In the city to live or in the countrysideV gorode mne zhit' ili na vyselkakh
To lie as a stone or to burn as a star?Kamnem lezhat' ili goret' zvezdoy?
As a starZvezdoy

My sun - look at meSolntse moë, vzglyani na menya
My palm turned into a fistMoya ladon' prevratilas' v kulak
And if there is gunpowder - give fireI yesli yest' porokh, day ognya
That's how it isVot tak

Who will follow the lone trail?Kto poydet po sledu odinokomu?
The strong and the braveSil'nyye da smelyye
They laid their heads in the field in battleGolovy slozhili v pole v boyu
Few remained in bright memoryMalo kto ostalsya v svetloy pamyati
In sober mind and with a firm hand in formationV trezvom ume da s tverdoy rukoy v stroyu
In formationV stroyu

My sun - look at meSolntse moë, vzglyani na menya
My palm turned into a fistMoya ladon' prevratilas' v kulak
And if there is gunpowder - give fireI yesli yest' porokh, day ognya
That's how it isVot tak

Where are you now, free will?Gde zhe ty teper', volya vol'naya?
With whom are you nowS kem zhe ty seychas
Do you meet the gentle dawn? AnswerLaskovyy rassvet vstrechayesh'? Otvet'
Good with you, but bad without youKhorosho s toboy, da plokho bez tebya
Patient head and shoulders under the yokeGolovu da plechi terpelivyye pod plet'
Under the yokePod plet'