| Она искала меня повсеместно | She traced my shadow through every quarter of earth, |
| Зыбучая тоска — окраина тёмного, дикого леса | A quagmire of longing—the brink where the wildwood looms, |
| Тут, не по правилам города | Here, all order is broken, not a city’s code abides, |
| Ноты мешали нащупывать зарево | Music unsettled the hand that would grope for the dawn, |
| Уповали лишь на интересы | Trust was spent on the coin of advantage alone, |
| Замыленные взгляды пренебрегали тобою | Wearied eyes, glazed over, dismissed your presence, |
| Те серенады, что были cпеты, убитые горем | Those serenades, wrung by sorrow, fell slain in their wailing, |
| В мире заляпанной правды cулили сущий ад | In a world besmirched by truth, a living hell was ordained, |
| И как бы там не было — | Be it as fate may decree— |
| Кто-то по-любому бывает этому рад | There is always a soul rejoicing amid the pyre, |
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| Небрежная мимика, запудренная голова | A careless grimace, the mind with powder veiled, |
| Слепого человека привела сюда | She led a blind man to this threshold, |
| Остановить это безумие | To halt this madness— |
| По-видимому — не было желания никогда | Seemed never a wish, nor a moment’s intent, |
| Страшный сон пацифиста | A pacifist’s horror-dream, |
| Злобный министр замыкал провода | A baleful minister fused the circuits to sparks, |
| Wow-wo-wo-wo-wo-wo-wo-wow | Wow—wo—wo—wo—wo—wo—wo—wow |
| Wow-wo-wo-wo-wo-wo-wow | Wow—wo—wo—wo—wo—wo—wow |
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| I'm ready to give some man medicine, bomboclaats | I stand, a draught for ailing men in hand, bomboclaats, |
| I feel everything, fuck the cops | I feel the whole world’s ache—damn the watchmen, |
| And the glocks on the triggers | And the black iron, taut-fingered, quick to thunder, |
| Fuck this wa-a-a-a-a-ar | To hell with this war—drawn out as a howl |
| I'm ready to give some man medicine, bomboclaats | I stand, a draught for ailing men in hand, bomboclaats, |
| I feel everything, fuck the cops | I feel the whole world’s ache—damn the watchmen, |
| And the glocks on the triggers | And the black iron, taut-fingered, quick to thunder, |
| Fuck this wa-a-a-a-a-ar | To hell with this war—drawn out as a howl |
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| Медленно тлеет | It smolders slow— |
| Я вижу, как медленно тлеет Кассандра | I see Cassandra herself, slow-embered, |
| Пускай она греет | Let her lend her warmth, |
| Пускай она лечит и приходит обратно | Let her heal, and circle again to this place, |
| Медленно тлеет, я вижу как | It smolders slow—so I witness, |
| Медленно тлеет Кассандра | Cassandra in her slow-consuming glow, |
| Пускай она греет, пускай она лечит | Let her warm, let her mend, |
| И приходит обратно | And let her return once more, |
| Нет, это и не crush-test | No, this is no trial by ruin, |
| Нет никакой вражды, мы же не east to west | No, we know no enmity, we are not east and west, |
| На**й эти бифы и истерики | Curse these feuds, these shrill declamations— |
| Нет, но — на**й эти бифы и истерики | No, yet still—curse these feuds, these shrill declamations— |
| Болит о том, что творится (все встали с краю) | It aches, what is wrought here (all gathered at the edge), |
| Для них есть выход — смириться (я не выбираю) | For them there is escape—acquiescence (I do not choose it), |
| Всё — моментально, без лишних эмоций | All comes in an instant, stripped of excess feeling, |
| В суете, в ножнах сложно | In the haste, within sheaths, the way is thorned, |
| Концепция грузит, но всё уже в прошлом | Theory weighs on the mind, yet the past is uncoiled, |
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| I'm ready to give some man medicine, bomboclaats | I stand, a draught for ailing men in hand, bomboclaats, |
| I feel everything, fuck the cops | I feel the whole world’s ache—damn the watchmen, |
| And the glocks on the triggers | And the black iron, taut-fingered, quick to thunder, |
| Fuck this wa-a-a-a-a-ar | To hell with this war—drawn out as a howl |
| I'm ready to give some man medicine, bomboclaats | I stand, a draught for ailing men in hand, bomboclaats, |
| I feel everything, fuck the cops | I feel the whole world’s ache—damn the watchmen, |
| And the glocks on the triggers | And the black iron, taut-fingered, quick to thunder, |
| Fuck this wa-a-a-a-a-ar | To hell with this war—drawn out as a howl |
| I'm ready to give some man medicine, bomboclaats | I stand, a draught for ailing men in hand, bomboclaats, |
| I feel everything, fuck the cops | I feel the whole world’s ache—damn the watchmen, |
| And the glocks on the triggers | And the black iron, taut-fingered, quick to thunder, |
| Fuck this wa-a-a-a-a-ar | To hell with this war—drawn out as a howl |
| I'm ready to give some man medicine, bomboclaats | I stand, a draught for ailing men in hand, bomboclaats, |
| I feel everything, fuck the cops | I feel the whole world’s ache—damn the watchmen, |
| And the glocks on the triggers | And the black iron, taut-fingered, quick to thunder, |
| Fuck this wa-a-a-a-a-ar | To hell with this war—drawn out as a howl |