| Давай поднимем два граненых,
| Let's raise two faceted ones,
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| Судьбой наполненных стакана,
| Glasses filled with fate
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| За алый бархат на знаменах,
| For scarlet velvet on banners,
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| Покрытый сажею обмана.
| Covered in the soot of deceit.
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| Пусть льется через край щербатый
| Let it pour over the chipped edge
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| Вино и горечь в наши глотки.
| Wine and bitterness in our throats.
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| Мы будем истинно богаты,
| We will be truly rich
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| Покуда в доме хватит водки.
| As long as there is enough vodka in the house.
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| Мы будем истинно беспечны,
| We will be truly careless
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| Покуда сигареты в пачке,
| As long as the cigarettes are in the pack
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| Покуда света хватит в свечке,
| As long as there is enough light in the candle,
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| И хватит памяти в заначке.
| And there is enough memory in the stash.
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| Мы так хотели верить в чудо,
| We so wanted to believe in a miracle,
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| Что разучились верить в Бога.
| That they have forgotten how to believe in God.
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| И нас настигла, как простуда,
| And we were overtaken, like a cold,
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| Неизлечимая дорога.
| Incurable road.
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| Пускай ведет нас, как бывало,
| Let him lead us as before
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| По горькой памяти дорога.
| By bitter memory the road.
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| Неважно нам, что водки мало,
| It doesn't matter to us that there is not enough vodka,
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| Нас и самих уже немного.
| There are few of us and ourselves.
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| Нам ни в знаменах, ни в погонах
| We are neither in banners nor in uniform
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| Нет избавленья от аркана.
| There is no deliverance from the lasso.
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| Давай поднимем два граненых
| Let's raise two faceted
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| Два сердца, будто два стакана. | Two hearts, like two glasses. |