| Кто-то высмотрел плод, что неспел, неспел.
| Someone spotted a fruit that was unripe, unripe.
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| Потрусили за ствол — он упал, упал.
| They shook the barrel - it fell, fell.
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| Вот вам песня о том, кто не спел, не спел
| Here's a song for you about who didn't sing, didn't sing
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| И что голос имел — не узнал, не узнал.
| And that he had a voice - he did not recognize, did not recognize.
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| Может, были с судьбой нелады, нелады
| Maybe there were disagreements with fate, disagreements
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| И со случаем плохи дела, дела,
| And things are bad with the case, things are bad,
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| А тугая струна на лады, на лады
| And a tight string on the frets, on the frets
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| С незаметным изъяном легла.
| She lay down with an imperceptible flaw.
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| Он начал робко с ноты «до»,
| He began timidly with the note "to",
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| Но не допел её, не до…
| But I didn’t finish it, not until…
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| Не дозвучал его аккорд, аккорд
| His chord didn't sound, chord
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| И никого не вдохновил.
| And he didn't inspire anyone.
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| Собака лаяла, а кот
| The dog was barking, and the cat
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| Мышей ловил.
| Caught mice.
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| Смешно, не правда ли, смешно?..
| Funny, isn't it, funny?
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| А он шутил — не дошутил,
| And he was joking - not joking,
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| Не дораспробовал вино
| Didn't taste the wine
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| И даже не допригубил.
| And he didn't even take a bite.
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| Он пока лишь затеивал спор, спор
| So far he has only started a dispute, a dispute
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| Неуверенно и не спеша, не спеша.
| Uncertainly and not in a hurry, not in a hurry.
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| Словно капельки пота из пор, из пор,
| Like droplets of sweat from the pores, from the pores,
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| Из-под кожи сочилась душа, душа.
| A soul oozed from under the skin, a soul.
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| Только начал дуэль на ковре, на ковре,
| Just started a duel on the carpet, on the carpet,
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| Еле-еле, едва приступил.
| Barely, barely started.
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| Лишь чуть-чуть осмотрелся в игре,
| Just looked around a little in the game,
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| И судья еще счет не открыл.
| And the judge hasn't opened the score yet.
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| Он знать хотел всё от и до,
| He wanted to know everything inside and out,
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| Но не добрался он, не до…
| But he did not get, not to ...
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| Не докопался ни до дна, до дна, | Didn't get to the bottom, to the bottom, |