| Oh, how do you need to know, well, who I am,
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| But it doesn't matter whether it's a devil or a saint.
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| And here I am, as I am, sitting in front of you,
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| Such-and-such, such-and-such.
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| Oh, how you need to know, well, who I am.
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| Well, Grishka the horse thief, well, a simple peasant.
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| The most that is, from the lowlands to the depths,
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| The most that neither is, not a brunette, not a blond.
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| And my dear Mother Russia,
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| You don't need a king, you need a father.
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| Yes, crush under yourself, yes, torture.
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| After all, you are like a woman, the angrier the better.
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| Move over, dear, hateful love.
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| Now the countess or the cook are all one.
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| The princes with gendarmes pressed with a letter,
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| And boredom lies like carrion.
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| It's just that in your cities, but how much,
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| Instead of images, only a whip with a kalach.
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| Chambers and palaces were set up on the bones,
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| Only a bar, yes boyars, yes a pack of merchants.
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| Give them a saint, yes in a crown of thorns,
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| Yes, to hang quietly on a pine cross.
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| To obscene no-no, not to drink, not to walk,
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| Yes, to certainly forgive meanness.
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| And nakos - bite, Mother Russia,
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| You don't need God, you need a father.
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| Yes, crush under yourself, yes, torture.
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| After all, you are like a woman, the angrier the better.
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| Okay, I agree: I'm a dog and a bastard,
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| But I already foresee the end of the Empire.
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| If you feel sick without wine, and there is no joy,
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| And only the headlines of the newspapers rejoice.
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| If half of Russia is in shackles and chains,
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| If love is only boredom, then fear.
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| If it doesn't matter who you sleep with at night,
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| So, keep walking and shake it more.
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| Who drove Russia to run after Europe?
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| Yes, in such a cart you need to hold the reins!
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| And if you don’t hold horses, then don’t drive,
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| Everything will shatter, even shout, even scold.
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| Oh, how you need to know, well, who I am.
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| Well, Grishka the horse thief, well, a simple peasant.
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| The most that is, from the lowlands to the depths,
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| The most that neither is, not a brunette, not a blond.
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| Ah, walk Russia! |