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I love love love ZEMFIRA!!
If you could only understand the lyrics ( not to put you down) She is awesome!
Actually i do understand! I made a point tho of studying them. Like 'Electrichka' I understood the point of that. And 'Kamchatka', even my beloved didn't understand the boiler-house motif in that one...
But also I know we can't REALLY understand, only thru third-party and a bit of historical awareness u can get a bit of it.
Look at this from russmus.net - great site BTW, rubbish translation tho, I'm know expert but even I kow it's wrong, 'goret'' is 'shining' not 'flying' surely. Then it gets worse....!!
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Kukushka (Kino cover)
Pesen eshche nenapisannykh, skol'ko?
Skazhi, kukushka, propoy.
V gorode mne zhit' ili na vyselkakh,
Kamnem lezhat' ili goret' zvezdoy?
Zvezdoy.
Solntse moe - vzglyani na menya,
Moya ladon' prevratilas' v kulak,
I esli est' porokh - day ognya.
Vot tak...
Kto poydet po sledu odinokomu?
Sil'nye da smelye
Golovy slozhili v pole v boyu.
Malo kto ostalsya v svetloy pamyati,
V trezvom ume da s tverdoy rukoy v stroyu,
V stroyu.
Solntse moe - vzglyani na menya,
Moya ladon' prevratilas' v kulak,
I esli est' porokh - day ognya.
Vot tak...
Gde zhe ty teper', volya vol'naya?
S kem zhe ty seychas
Laskovyy rassvet vstrechaesh'? Otvet'.
Khorosho s toboy, da plokho bez tebya,
Golovu da plechi terpelivye pod plet',
Pod plet'.
Solntse moe - vzglyani na menya,
Moya ladon' prevratilas' v kulak,
I esli est' porokh - day ognya.
Vot tak...
Cuckoo
How many songs are there yet to come?
Tell me, cuckoo, and sing…
Where am I to live, where am I to die?
Lying on the ground, or flying like a star in the sky?
Flying
Sunshine above, come look at me
My hand has now turned into a fist
If there's a way out, then show it to me
Like this…
Who will tread upon these lonely steps again?
Who is strong and brave? Who will pay the price in battle
With their lives?
Very few remain in our memory,
With a sound mind, and a strong hand in the ranks
Alive
Where have you gone now, my freedom, where are you?
Who's the lucky one meeting you again this morning,
Tell me…
It's good with you around, but it's bad without
But my head and shoulders can hold out underneath the whip
You see