| Падал снег, засыпал выше крыш города,
| Snow fell, fell asleep above the roofs of the city,
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| Ворожил, поволокой касаясь ресниц.
| He told fortunes, touching his eyelashes with a drag.
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| В были и небыли,
| In were and were not,
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| Были и не были тени перелетных птиц.
| There were and were not shadows of migratory birds.
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| В облако-олово кутали головы,
| Heads were wrapped in a tin cloud,
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| Кровью запеклись по дороге в высь…
| They were baked with blood on the road to the heights ...
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| Припев:
| Chorus:
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| Души,
| souls,
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| Выстудил синий лед…
| Chilled out the blue ice...
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| Стужей
| cold
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| Холода не унять…
| Don't take away the cold...
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| Кружит
| Circling
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| Зимами напролет
| Through the winters
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| Души…
| Souls...
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| Вьюжит…
| Vyuzhit…
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| Снегопадом распят город, пригвожден к облакам.
| The city is crucified by snowfall, nailed to the clouds.
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| Только памятью жив голос: там!
| The voice is alive only in memory: there!
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| Там! | There! |
| Дышит воля!
| Will breathe!
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| В тетиву обратить снова воскресения нить,
| Turn the resurrection thread into a bowstring again,
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| И в ручьях обрести слово: жить!
| And in the streams to find the word: live!
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| Жить! | Live! |
| Ради боли!
| For pain!
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| Падал снег, облака наряжал мишурой.
| The snow was falling, the clouds were dressed up with tinsel.
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| Трепетал зимний сумрак в лучах фонарей.
| The winter dusk trembled in the rays of the lanterns.
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| Четом и нечетом
| Even and Odd
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| Были отмечены четки календарных дней.
| The rosaries of calendar days were marked.
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| Рядом да около лебеди, соколы…
| Near and near swans, falcons ...
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| Снегом замело — сломано крыло…
| It's covered with snow - the wing is broken ...
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| Припев:
| Chorus:
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| Души,
| souls,
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| Выстудил синий лед…
| Chilled out the blue ice...
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| Стужей
| cold
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| Холода не унять…
| Don't take away the cold...
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| Кружит
| Circling
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| Зимами напролет
| Through the winters
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| Души…
| Souls...
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| Вьюжит…
| Vyuzhit…
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| Падал снег… | Snow was falling... |