| Свою милую хилую усадил на плечо,
| He put his sweet sickly on his shoulder,
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| Напоил тихим воздухом — попросила еще.
| He gave me a drink of quiet air - she asked for more.
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| Свою милую хилую вверх бросал и ловил,
| He threw his sweet frail up and caught,
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| Кроме дикой певицы никого не любил.
| He did not love anyone except the wild singer.
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| А поет тихим голосом просто так, без затей,
| And he sings in a quiet voice just like that, without any fuss,
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| Только двери дубовые послетали с петель.
| Only oak doors fell off their hinges.
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| Только стекла потрескались, задрожали дома,
| Only the glass cracked, trembled at home,
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| Так она, малокровная, спела песню одна.
| So she, anemic, sang a song alone.
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| Проигрыш
| losing
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| С ней, наверное, сладили бы и сожгли на костре,
| They probably would have dealt with her and burned at the stake,
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| Если б не была слабою, как трава в ноябре.
| If it were not weak, like grass in November.
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| Вроде не надрывается и поет ни о чем,
| It seems not to strain and sing about nothing,
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| Видно в голосе этом скрыта тайна еще. | It can be seen that there is still a secret hidden in this voice. |