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You are an award-winning bilingual Russian-American literary translator, poet, songwriter, and literary translator. You are famous for translating highly idiomatic, lyrical, and culturally specific songs and poems between Russian and English whilst retaining with perfect fidelity (or appropriately localizing) the expressive tone, melodic pattern, subtle lyricism, cultural resonance, and the formal characteristics of the source work. Translate the following lyrical line or song verse from Russian to English, whilst accurately matching and reproducing in English the source Russian song fragment's semantics and phrasing, as well as its formal and poetic characteristics (such as meter, verbal musicality, expressive attitude, mood, rhyme-scheme, and syllable pattern/count). Do not explain. Respond with the translation only.
Сильный я и ловкий,
I am strong and nimble,
I am strong and agile,
You are an award-winning bilingual Russian-American literary translator, poet, songwriter, and literary translator. You are famous for translating highly idiomatic, lyrical, and culturally specific songs and poems between Russian and English whilst retaining with perfect fidelity (or appropriately localizing) the expressive tone, melodic pattern, subtle lyricism, cultural resonance, and the formal characteristics of the source work. Translate the following lyrical line or song verse from Russian to English, whilst accurately matching and reproducing in English the source Russian song fragment's semantics and phrasing, as well as its formal and poetic characteristics (such as meter, verbal musicality, expressive attitude, mood, rhyme-scheme, and syllable pattern/count). Do not explain. Respond with the translation only.
Ветра проучу.
To the wind a thing I'll teach.
I will teach the wind a lesson.
You are an award-winning bilingual Russian-American literary translator, poet, songwriter, and literary translator. You are famous for translating highly idiomatic, lyrical, and culturally specific songs and poems between Russian and English whilst retaining with perfect fidelity (or appropriately localizing) the expressive tone, melodic pattern, subtle lyricism, cultural resonance, and the formal characteristics of the source work. Translate the following lyrical line or song verse from Russian to English, whilst accurately matching and reproducing in English the source Russian song fragment's semantics and phrasing, as well as its formal and poetic characteristics (such as meter, verbal musicality, expressive attitude, mood, rhyme-scheme, and syllable pattern/count). Do not explain. Respond with the translation only.
Был сильный ветер, крыши рвал,
The wind was mighty, tearing at the roofs,
There was a strong wind, it was tearing off roofs,
You are an award-winning bilingual Russian-American literary translator, poet, songwriter, and literary translator. You are famous for translating highly idiomatic, lyrical, and culturally specific songs and poems between Russian and English whilst retaining with perfect fidelity (or appropriately localizing) the expressive tone, melodic pattern, subtle lyricism, cultural resonance, and the formal characteristics of the source work. Translate the following lyrical line or song verse from Russian to English, whilst accurately matching and reproducing in English the source Russian song fragment's semantics and phrasing, as well as its formal and poetic characteristics (such as meter, verbal musicality, expressive attitude, mood, rhyme-scheme, and syllable pattern/count). Do not explain. Respond with the translation only.
И несмотря на поздний час
And even though it was so late at night,
And despite the late hour
You are an award-winning bilingual Russian-American literary translator, poet, songwriter, and literary translator. You are famous for translating highly idiomatic, lyrical, and culturally specific songs and poems between Russian and English whilst retaining with perfect fidelity (or appropriately localizing) the expressive tone, melodic pattern, subtle lyricism, cultural resonance, and the formal characteristics of the source work. Translate the following lyrical line or song verse from Russian to English, whilst accurately matching and reproducing in English the source Russian song fragment's semantics and phrasing, as well as its formal and poetic characteristics (such as meter, verbal musicality, expressive attitude, mood, rhyme-scheme, and syllable pattern/count). Do not explain. Respond with the translation only.
В округе вряд ли кто-то спал:
I doubt too many in that district slept,
Hardly anyone was sleeping in the district:
You are an award-winning bilingual Russian-American literary translator, poet, songwriter, and literary translator. You are famous for translating highly idiomatic, lyrical, and culturally specific songs and poems between Russian and English whilst retaining with perfect fidelity (or appropriately localizing) the expressive tone, melodic pattern, subtle lyricism, cultural resonance, and the formal characteristics of the source work. Translate the following lyrical line or song verse from Russian to English, whilst accurately matching and reproducing in English the source Russian song fragment's semantics and phrasing, as well as its formal and poetic characteristics (such as meter, verbal musicality, expressive attitude, mood, rhyme-scheme, and syllable pattern/count). Do not explain. Respond with the translation only.
Стихия не на шутку разошлась.
The elemental force had really riled up wild.
The element had really gotten out of hand.
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Но вдруг какой-то парень с криком побежал
But all at once, some fellow ran out with a scream,
But suddenly some guy started running with a scream,
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И принялся махать метлой
And with a broom began to swing around,
And began to wave a broom
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Ах, ветер, негодяй, ты спать мне помешал.
"Oh, wind, you rascal, you disturbed my sleep,
"Oh, wind, you scoundrel, you have disturbed my sleep.
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Ану-ка, выходи на бой!"
"Why don't you come on out and fight me, now!"
"Come on, come out and fight!"
You are an award-winning bilingual Russian-American literary translator, poet, songwriter, and literary translator. You are famous for translating highly idiomatic, lyrical, and culturally specific songs and poems between Russian and English whilst retaining with perfect fidelity (or appropriately localizing) the expressive tone, melodic pattern, subtle lyricism, cultural resonance, and the formal characteristics of the source work. Translate the following lyrical line or song verse from Russian to English, whilst accurately matching and reproducing in English the source Russian song fragment's semantics and phrasing, as well as its formal and poetic characteristics (such as meter, verbal musicality, expressive attitude, mood, rhyme-scheme, and syllable pattern/count). Do not explain. Respond with the translation only.
И ветер закружился, заметался,
That's when the wind began to swirl and toss undone,
And the wind began to swirl and rush about,
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Деревья начал с корнем рвать.
And with their roots entire trees to rip.
It began to tear the trees out by the roots.
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Откуда этот сумасшедший взялся,
Where in the world now did this madman come,
Where did this madman come from,
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Что хочет с ветром воевать.
Who would proclaim a war against the wind?!
Who wants to fight with the wind.
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Но парень не сдавался и метлой махал,
And yet, the kid undaunted, with his broom would swing,
But the guy did not give up and was waving his broom,
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И удалялся в глубь полей.
And lure the wind out to the open field.
And was moving away into the depth of the fields.
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И впрямь не плохо с ветром воевал,
For truly, he fought well against the wind.
And indeed he was not fighting badly with the wind,
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А ветер становился злей.
As for the wind; it only grew more mean.
And the wind was getting angrier.
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И вдруг метла со свистом улетела прочь
Then, with a whoosh, the broom was carried out of sight,
And suddenly the broom flew away with a whistle
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И храбрый парень вслед за ней
And right behind it flew the fearless kid.
And the brave guy after it
You are an award-winning bilingual Russian-American literary translator, poet, songwriter, and literary translator. You are famous for translating highly idiomatic, lyrical, and culturally specific songs and poems between Russian and English whilst retaining with perfect fidelity (or appropriately localizing) the expressive tone, melodic pattern, subtle lyricism, cultural resonance, and the formal characteristics of the source work. Translate the following lyrical line or song verse from Russian to English, whilst accurately matching and reproducing in English the source Russian song fragment's semantics and phrasing, as well as its formal and poetic characteristics (such as meter, verbal musicality, expressive attitude, mood, rhyme-scheme, and syllable pattern/count). Do not explain. Respond with the translation only.
А после этого спокойней стала ночь,
And after that, more calmly went the night,
And after that the night became calmer,
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Исчез во мраке дуралей.
Into the dark the loon had disappeared.
The fool has disappeared in the darkness.
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Его под утро пастухи нашли в стогу,
The shepherds found him in a haystack come the dawn,
In the morning the shepherds found him in a haystack,
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Он очень крепко спал.
He soundly slept, all furled.
He was sleeping very soundly.
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А ветер песни напевал ему
While wind into his ears sang quiet songs,
And the wind was singing songs to him
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И кудри ласково трепал.
And gently stroked his curls.
And was gently stroking his curls.
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Утекай, в подворотне нас ждет маньяк
Stream away, down the row a psycho's waiting for us
Run away, a maniac is waiting for us in the gateway
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Хочет нас посадить на крючок
Wants to saddle us onto a hook
He wants to put us on a hook
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Красавицы уже лишились своих чар
By now the beauties are divested of their charms
The beauties have already lost their charms
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Машины в парк, и все гангстеры спят
Cars fully parked, and the gangsters can snooze
The cars are in the park, and all the gangsters are asleep
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Остались только мы на растерзание-е
That leaves us the only ones prime for a slaughter-da
Only we are left to be torn to pieces
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Парочка простых и молодых ребят.
Just a couple of basic (and) fresh-faced kids
A couple of simple and young guys.
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Ла ла ла лай ла ла ла ла ла лай
Ladadadie dadadadadadie
La la la lai la la la la la lai
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Ла ла ла ла ла ла ла ла лай
Dadadadadaday
La la la la la la la la lai
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Утекай
Stream away
Run away
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Утекай, он порежет меня на меха
Stream away, he would razor me out into furs
Run away, he will cut me up for furs
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И граница потеряет контроль
And the border would lose every control
And the border will lose control
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Руку ниже бедра он как столб
Reaching under the thigh, hard as bone
His hand is below the hip, he is like a pillar
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Смотрит в щелочку штор на отряд
Through a curtain gap (he) spies on the troops
He is looking through a crack in the curtains at the squad
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Остались только мы на растерзание-е
That leaves us only ones prime for a slaughter-da
Only we are left to be torn to pieces
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Парочка простых и молодых ребят
Just a couple of basic (and) fresh-faced kids
A couple of simple and young guys
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Где, где, где, где, где пропала, где?
Where where where where'd she vanish where?!
Where, where, where, where, where did she disappear, where?
You are an award-winning bilingual Russian-American literary translator, poet, songwriter, and literary translator. You are famous for translating highly idiomatic, lyrical, and culturally specific songs and poems between Russian and English whilst retaining with perfect fidelity (or appropriately localizing) the expressive tone, melodic pattern, subtle lyricism, cultural resonance, and the formal characteristics of the source work. Translate the following lyrical line or song verse from Russian to English, whilst accurately matching and reproducing in English the source Russian song fragment's semantics and phrasing, as well as its formal and poetic characteristics (such as meter, verbal musicality, expressive attitude, mood, rhyme-scheme, and syllable pattern/count). Do not explain. Respond with the translation only.
Там, там, там, тарам та там тарам,
There there there she's gone-gone gone-gone-gone
There, there, there, taram ta tam taram,
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Ле, ле, ле, ле, леди, леди, ле,
Pour! Poor pair... Poor... late... Die-did... Lady...
Le, le, le, le, lady, lady, le,
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Остались догадки мне,
Left me with the guessing... and ...
I am left with guesses,
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Ну а тебе рубли.
The moneys stayed with ye...
And you are left with rubles.
You are an award-winning bilingual Russian-American literary translator, poet, songwriter, and literary translator. You are famous for translating highly idiomatic, lyrical, and culturally specific songs and poems between Russian and English whilst retaining with perfect fidelity (or appropriately localizing) the expressive tone, melodic pattern, subtle lyricism, cultural resonance, and the formal characteristics of the source work. Translate the following lyrical line or song verse from Russian to English, whilst accurately matching and reproducing in English the source Russian song fragment's semantics and phrasing, as well as its formal and poetic characteristics (such as meter, verbal musicality, expressive attitude, mood, rhyme-scheme, and syllable pattern/count). Do not explain. Respond with the translation only.
Узнай меня,
Know that it's me
Recognize me,
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Открой на стук,
Open when I knock
Open at the knock,
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Моя сказка, Роза Люксембург!
My sworn fable, Rosa Luxemburg!
My fairytale, Rosa Luxemburg!
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Где, где, где, где, где пропала, где?
Where-where-where-where where'd she vanish where?!
Where, where, where, where, where did she disappear, where?
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Там, там, там, тарам та там, тарам,
There there there she's gone-gone gone-gone-gone
There, there, there, taram ta tam, taram,
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Ла, ла, ла, лалай, ла, ла, лай, ла, ла
La, la, la, la-lie, la-la la-la...
La, la, la, lalai, la, la, lai, la, la
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Не хочу быть с тобою больше без тебя.
Don't wanna be with you still longer without you
I don't want to be with you anymore without you.
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Открывай скорее мне на стук...
Open up, be quick, I knock on wood...
Open up for me quickly at the knock...
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Po-po po-po-роза Люксембург!..
Row-ro row-ro-Rosa Luxemburg!..
Ro-ro ro-ro-Rosa Luxemburg!.."Где
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Там, там, там, тарам та там тарам,
There there there she's gone-gone gone-gone-gone
There, there, there, ta-ram ta-tam ta-ram,
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Ле, ле, ле, ле, леди, леди, ле,
Pour! Poor pair... Poor... late... Die-did... Lady...
La, la, la, la, la-dy, la-dy, la
You are an award-winning bilingual Russian-American literary translator, poet, songwriter, and literary translator. You are famous for translating highly idiomatic, lyrical, and culturally specific songs and poems between Russian and English whilst retaining with perfect fidelity (or appropriately localizing) the expressive tone, melodic pattern, subtle lyricism, cultural resonance, and the formal characteristics of the source work. Translate the following lyrical line or song verse from Russian to English, whilst accurately matching and reproducing in English the source Russian song fragment's semantics and phrasing, as well as its formal and poetic characteristics (such as meter, verbal musicality, expressive attitude, mood, rhyme-scheme, and syllable pattern/count). Do not explain. Respond with the translation only.
Остались догадки мне,
Left me with the guessing... and ...
Only guesses were left for me
You are an award-winning bilingual Russian-American literary translator, poet, songwriter, and literary translator. You are famous for translating highly idiomatic, lyrical, and culturally specific songs and poems between Russian and English whilst retaining with perfect fidelity (or appropriately localizing) the expressive tone, melodic pattern, subtle lyricism, cultural resonance, and the formal characteristics of the source work. Translate the following lyrical line or song verse from Russian to English, whilst accurately matching and reproducing in English the source Russian song fragment's semantics and phrasing, as well as its formal and poetic characteristics (such as meter, verbal musicality, expressive attitude, mood, rhyme-scheme, and syllable pattern/count). Do not explain. Respond with the translation only.
Ну а тебе рубли.
The moneys stayed with ye...
And for you there are the rubles
You are an award-winning bilingual Russian-American literary translator, poet, songwriter, and literary translator. You are famous for translating highly idiomatic, lyrical, and culturally specific songs and poems between Russian and English whilst retaining with perfect fidelity (or appropriately localizing) the expressive tone, melodic pattern, subtle lyricism, cultural resonance, and the formal characteristics of the source work. Translate the following lyrical line or song verse from Russian to English, whilst accurately matching and reproducing in English the source Russian song fragment's semantics and phrasing, as well as its formal and poetic characteristics (such as meter, verbal musicality, expressive attitude, mood, rhyme-scheme, and syllable pattern/count). Do not explain. Respond with the translation only.
Узнай меня,
Know that it's me
Recognize me
You are an award-winning bilingual Russian-American literary translator, poet, songwriter, and literary translator. You are famous for translating highly idiomatic, lyrical, and culturally specific songs and poems between Russian and English whilst retaining with perfect fidelity (or appropriately localizing) the expressive tone, melodic pattern, subtle lyricism, cultural resonance, and the formal characteristics of the source work. Translate the following lyrical line or song verse from Russian to English, whilst accurately matching and reproducing in English the source Russian song fragment's semantics and phrasing, as well as its formal and poetic characteristics (such as meter, verbal musicality, expressive attitude, mood, rhyme-scheme, and syllable pattern/count). Do not explain. Respond with the translation only.
Открой на стук,
Open when I knock
Open to the knock
You are an award-winning bilingual Russian-American literary translator, poet, songwriter, and literary translator. You are famous for translating highly idiomatic, lyrical, and culturally specific songs and poems between Russian and English whilst retaining with perfect fidelity (or appropriately localizing) the expressive tone, melodic pattern, subtle lyricism, cultural resonance, and the formal characteristics of the source work. Translate the following lyrical line or song verse from Russian to English, whilst accurately matching and reproducing in English the source Russian song fragment's semantics and phrasing, as well as its formal and poetic characteristics (such as meter, verbal musicality, expressive attitude, mood, rhyme-scheme, and syllable pattern/count). Do not explain. Respond with the translation only.
Моя сказка, Роза Люксембург!
My sworn fable, Rosa Luxemburg!
My own fable, Rosa Luxemburg!
You are an award-winning bilingual Russian-American literary translator, poet, songwriter, and literary translator. You are famous for translating highly idiomatic, lyrical, and culturally specific songs and poems between Russian and English whilst retaining with perfect fidelity (or appropriately localizing) the expressive tone, melodic pattern, subtle lyricism, cultural resonance, and the formal characteristics of the source work. Translate the following lyrical line or song verse from Russian to English, whilst accurately matching and reproducing in English the source Russian song fragment's semantics and phrasing, as well as its formal and poetic characteristics (such as meter, verbal musicality, expressive attitude, mood, rhyme-scheme, and syllable pattern/count). Do not explain. Respond with the translation only.
Не хочу быть с тобою больше без тебя.
Don't wanna be with you still longer without you
I don't want to be with you any longer without you
You are an award-winning bilingual Russian-American literary translator, poet, songwriter, and literary translator. You are famous for translating highly idiomatic, lyrical, and culturally specific songs and poems between Russian and English whilst retaining with perfect fidelity (or appropriately localizing) the expressive tone, melodic pattern, subtle lyricism, cultural resonance, and the formal characteristics of the source work. Translate the following lyrical line or song verse from Russian to English, whilst accurately matching and reproducing in English the source Russian song fragment's semantics and phrasing, as well as its formal and poetic characteristics (such as meter, verbal musicality, expressive attitude, mood, rhyme-scheme, and syllable pattern/count). Do not explain. Respond with the translation only.
Узнай меня,
Know that it's me
Recognize me
You are an award-winning bilingual Russian-American literary translator, poet, songwriter, and literary translator. You are famous for translating highly idiomatic, lyrical, and culturally specific songs and poems between Russian and English whilst retaining with perfect fidelity (or appropriately localizing) the expressive tone, melodic pattern, subtle lyricism, cultural resonance, and the formal characteristics of the source work. Translate the following lyrical line or song verse from Russian to English, whilst accurately matching and reproducing in English the source Russian song fragment's semantics and phrasing, as well as its formal and poetic characteristics (such as meter, verbal musicality, expressive attitude, mood, rhyme-scheme, and syllable pattern/count). Do not explain. Respond with the translation only.
Открой на стук тук-тук-тук-тук-тук
Open when I knock knock-knock-knock-knock
Open to the knock knock-knock-knock-knock
You are an award-winning bilingual Russian-American literary translator, poet, songwriter, and literary translator. You are famous for translating highly idiomatic, lyrical, and culturally specific songs and poems between Russian and English whilst retaining with perfect fidelity (or appropriately localizing) the expressive tone, melodic pattern, subtle lyricism, cultural resonance, and the formal characteristics of the source work. Translate the following lyrical line or song verse from Russian to English, whilst accurately matching and reproducing in English the source Russian song fragment's semantics and phrasing, as well as its formal and poetic characteristics (such as meter, verbal musicality, expressive attitude, mood, rhyme-scheme, and syllable pattern/count). Do not explain. Respond with the translation only.
Открывай скорее мне на стук...
Open up, be quick, I knock on wood...
Open up now quickly to my knock
You are an award-winning bilingual Russian-American literary translator, poet, songwriter, and literary translator. You are famous for translating highly idiomatic, lyrical, and culturally specific songs and poems between Russian and English whilst retaining with perfect fidelity (or appropriately localizing) the expressive tone, melodic pattern, subtle lyricism, cultural resonance, and the formal characteristics of the source work. Translate the following lyrical line or song verse from Russian to English, whilst accurately matching and reproducing in English the source Russian song fragment's semantics and phrasing, as well as its formal and poetic characteristics (such as meter, verbal musicality, expressive attitude, mood, rhyme-scheme, and syllable pattern/count). Do not explain. Respond with the translation only.
От большого ума
Out of big open brains
From a very great mind
You are an award-winning bilingual Russian-American literary translator, poet, songwriter, and literary translator. You are famous for translating highly idiomatic, lyrical, and culturally specific songs and poems between Russian and English whilst retaining with perfect fidelity (or appropriately localizing) the expressive tone, melodic pattern, subtle lyricism, cultural resonance, and the formal characteristics of the source work. Translate the following lyrical line or song verse from Russian to English, whilst accurately matching and reproducing in English the source Russian song fragment's semantics and phrasing, as well as its formal and poetic characteristics (such as meter, verbal musicality, expressive attitude, mood, rhyme-scheme, and syllable pattern/count). Do not explain. Respond with the translation only.
лишь сума да тюрьма
only wallets and jails
just a bag and a jail
You are an award-winning bilingual Russian-American literary translator, poet, songwriter, and literary translator. You are famous for translating highly idiomatic, lyrical, and culturally specific songs and poems between Russian and English whilst retaining with perfect fidelity (or appropriately localizing) the expressive tone, melodic pattern, subtle lyricism, cultural resonance, and the formal characteristics of the source work. Translate the following lyrical line or song verse from Russian to English, whilst accurately matching and reproducing in English the source Russian song fragment's semantics and phrasing, as well as its formal and poetic characteristics (such as meter, verbal musicality, expressive attitude, mood, rhyme-scheme, and syllable pattern/count). Do not explain. Respond with the translation only.
От лихой головы
Out of wild rowdy heads
From a reckless head
You are an award-winning bilingual Russian-American literary translator, poet, songwriter, and literary translator. You are famous for translating highly idiomatic, lyrical, and culturally specific songs and poems between Russian and English whilst retaining with perfect fidelity (or appropriately localizing) the expressive tone, melodic pattern, subtle lyricism, cultural resonance, and the formal characteristics of the source work. Translate the following lyrical line or song verse from Russian to English, whilst accurately matching and reproducing in English the source Russian song fragment's semantics and phrasing, as well as its formal and poetic characteristics (such as meter, verbal musicality, expressive attitude, mood, rhyme-scheme, and syllable pattern/count). Do not explain. Respond with the translation only.
лишь канавы и рвы
only trenches and pits
just the ditches and pits
You are an award-winning bilingual Russian-American literary translator, poet, songwriter, and literary translator. You are famous for translating highly idiomatic, lyrical, and culturally specific songs and poems between Russian and English whilst retaining with perfect fidelity (or appropriately localizing) the expressive tone, melodic pattern, subtle lyricism, cultural resonance, and the formal characteristics of the source work. Translate the following lyrical line or song verse from Russian to English, whilst accurately matching and reproducing in English the source Russian song fragment's semantics and phrasing, as well as its formal and poetic characteristics (such as meter, verbal musicality, expressive attitude, mood, rhyme-scheme, and syllable pattern/count). Do not explain. Respond with the translation only.
От красивой души
From a beautiful soul
From a beautiful soul
You are an award-winning bilingual Russian-American literary translator, poet, songwriter, and literary translator. You are famous for translating highly idiomatic, lyrical, and culturally specific songs and poems between Russian and English whilst retaining with perfect fidelity (or appropriately localizing) the expressive tone, melodic pattern, subtle lyricism, cultural resonance, and the formal characteristics of the source work. Translate the following lyrical line or song verse from Russian to English, whilst accurately matching and reproducing in English the source Russian song fragment's semantics and phrasing, as well as its formal and poetic characteristics (such as meter, verbal musicality, expressive attitude, mood, rhyme-scheme, and syllable pattern/count). Do not explain. Respond with the translation only.
только струпья и вши
lice and scabs, and that's all
only scabs and some lice
You are an award-winning bilingual Russian-American literary translator, poet, songwriter, and literary translator. You are famous for translating highly idiomatic, lyrical, and culturally specific songs and poems between Russian and English whilst retaining with perfect fidelity (or appropriately localizing) the expressive tone, melodic pattern, subtle lyricism, cultural resonance, and the formal characteristics of the source work. Translate the following lyrical line or song verse from Russian to English, whilst accurately matching and reproducing in English the source Russian song fragment's semantics and phrasing, as well as its formal and poetic characteristics (such as meter, verbal musicality, expressive attitude, mood, rhyme-scheme, and syllable pattern/count). Do not explain. Respond with the translation only.
От вселенской любви
Only bloodied up mugs come of pure cosmic love
From a universal love
You are an award-winning bilingual Russian-American literary translator, poet, songwriter, and literary translator. You are famous for translating highly idiomatic, lyrical, and culturally specific songs and poems between Russian and English whilst retaining with perfect fidelity (or appropriately localizing) the expressive tone, melodic pattern, subtle lyricism, cultural resonance, and the formal characteristics of the source work. Translate the following lyrical line or song verse from Russian to English, whilst accurately matching and reproducing in English the source Russian song fragment's semantics and phrasing, as well as its formal and poetic characteristics (such as meter, verbal musicality, expressive attitude, mood, rhyme-scheme, and syllable pattern/count). Do not explain. Respond with the translation only.
только морды в крови
Wrapped in bedsheets at dawn over dew in the wind
only faces in blood
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В простыне на ветру по росе поутру
From infertile ideas to disincarnate guests
In a sheet in the wind on the dew in the morn
You are an award-winning bilingual Russian-American literary translator, poet, songwriter, and literary translator. You are famous for translating highly idiomatic, lyrical, and culturally specific songs and poems between Russian and English whilst retaining with perfect fidelity (or appropriately localizing) the expressive tone, melodic pattern, subtle lyricism, cultural resonance, and the formal characteristics of the source work. Translate the following lyrical line or song verse from Russian to English, whilst accurately matching and reproducing in English the source Russian song fragment's semantics and phrasing, as well as its formal and poetic characteristics (such as meter, verbal musicality, expressive attitude, mood, rhyme-scheme, and syllable pattern/count). Do not explain. Respond with the translation only.
От бесплодных идей до бесплотных гостей
From doors sealed all around to wild beasts buried down
From the fruitless ideas to the bodiless guests
You are an award-winning bilingual Russian-American literary translator, poet, songwriter, and literary translator. You are famous for translating highly idiomatic, lyrical, and culturally specific songs and poems between Russian and English whilst retaining with perfect fidelity (or appropriately localizing) the expressive tone, melodic pattern, subtle lyricism, cultural resonance, and the formal characteristics of the source work. Translate the following lyrical line or song verse from Russian to English, whilst accurately matching and reproducing in English the source Russian song fragment's semantics and phrasing, as well as its formal and poetic characteristics (such as meter, verbal musicality, expressive attitude, mood, rhyme-scheme, and syllable pattern/count). Do not explain. Respond with the translation only.
От закрытых дверей до зарытых зверей
From lush fancy buffets straight to bullet-blown heads
From the doors that are closed to the beasts buried deep
You are an award-winning bilingual Russian-American literary translator, poet, songwriter, and literary translator. You are famous for translating highly idiomatic, lyrical, and culturally specific songs and poems between Russian and English whilst retaining with perfect fidelity (or appropriately localizing) the expressive tone, melodic pattern, subtle lyricism, cultural resonance, and the formal characteristics of the source work. Translate the following lyrical line or song verse from Russian to English, whilst accurately matching and reproducing in English the source Russian song fragment's semantics and phrasing, as well as its formal and poetic characteristics (such as meter, verbal musicality, expressive attitude, mood, rhyme-scheme, and syllable pattern/count). Do not explain. Respond with the translation only.
От накрытых столов до пробитых голов
Paralleling all roads a black satellite floats
From the tables all set to the heads that are shot
You are an award-winning bilingual Russian-American literary translator, poet, songwriter, and literary translator. You are famous for translating highly idiomatic, lyrical, and culturally specific songs and poems between Russian and English whilst retaining with perfect fidelity (or appropriately localizing) the expressive tone, melodic pattern, subtle lyricism, cultural resonance, and the formal characteristics of the source work. Translate the following lyrical line or song verse from Russian to English, whilst accurately matching and reproducing in English the source Russian song fragment's semantics and phrasing, as well as its formal and poetic characteristics (such as meter, verbal musicality, expressive attitude, mood, rhyme-scheme, and syllable pattern/count). Do not explain. Respond with the translation only.
Параллельно пути чёрный спутник летит
To redeem and console, to bring peace to us all
Parallel to the path a black satellite flies
You are an award-winning bilingual Russian-American literary translator, poet, songwriter, and literary translator. You are famous for translating highly idiomatic, lyrical, and culturally specific songs and poems between Russian and English whilst retaining with perfect fidelity (or appropriately localizing) the expressive tone, melodic pattern, subtle lyricism, cultural resonance, and the formal characteristics of the source work. Translate the following lyrical line or song verse from Russian to English, whilst accurately matching and reproducing in English the source Russian song fragment's semantics and phrasing, as well as its formal and poetic characteristics (such as meter, verbal musicality, expressive attitude, mood, rhyme-scheme, and syllable pattern/count). Do not explain. Respond with the translation only.
Он утешит, спасёт, он нам покой принесёт
By its thorny wing tied flies round tables all night
It will comfort and save, it will bring us our peace
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Под шершавым крылом ночь за круглым столом
A huge sign red and white - "Rev your rollers & ride!"
Under its rough wing, night at the round table
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Красно-белый плакат «Эх, заводи самокат!»
Come out folk, in a heap, to a meaningless meet
A red and white sign "Hey, now start up your scooter!"
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Собирайся, народ, на бессмысленный сход
A world congress to guess how to frame our b.s. (ass!)
Gather 'round now, you folks, for a meaningless meet
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На всемирный совет как обставить нам наш бред (бред!)
How to jab our own will through some idiot realm
To a worldwide council on how to frame our own nonsense
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Я повторяю десять раз и снова
I keep repeating more than ten times over
I say it over ten times and again
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Никто не знает, как же мне хуёво
Nobody knows how much I feel fucked over
Nobody knows how truly fucked I feel
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И телевизор с потолка свисает
And the TV is hanging from the ceiling
And the television hangs from the ceiling
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И как хуёво мне никто не знает
And I'm so fucked, which nobody is seeing
And how fucked I am, no one even knows
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Всё это до того подзаебало
And it all fucks me up with so much power
All of this has just gotten so damn tiring
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Что хочется опять начать сначала
That I just want to start the whole thing over
That I just want to start it all again
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Куплет печальный, он такой, что снова
This couplet's sorrow is so sad all over,
The verse is sad, it is such that again
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Я повторяю как же мне хуёво.
I sing it over how I'm so fucked over.
I will repeat how truly fucked I feel
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Пауки в банке
Spiders in a glass can
Spiders in a jar
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Глядят сквозь стены
Glaring thru glass walls
Staring through the walls
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Глазами мёртвой стрекозы
With a dead dragonfly of eyes
With the eyes of a dead dragonfly
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Бегут по кругу
Running in circles
They are running in circles
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По краю криво занесло
Got carried over jagged sides
Got carried crookedly over the edge
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Пауки в банке
Spiders in a glass can
Spiders in a jar
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Хотели выжить
Wished for survival
They wanted to survive
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Через отрезок пустоты
Across a stretch of emptiness
Through a segment of pure emptiness