Translation of the song lyrics Не долюбил - Владимир Высоцкий

Не долюбил (original)

Кто-то высмотрел плод, что неспел, неспел.
Потрусили за ствол — он упал, упал.
Вот вам песня о том, кто не спел, не спел
И что голос имел — не узнал, не узнал.
Может, были с судьбой нелады, нелады
И со случаем плохи дела, дела,
А тугая струна на лады, на лады
С незаметным изъяном легла.
Он начал робко с ноты «до»,
Но не допел её, не до…
Не дозвучал его аккорд, аккорд
И никого не вдохновил.
Собака лаяла, а кот
Мышей ловил.
Смешно, не правда ли, смешно?..
А он шутил — не дошутил,
Не дораспробовал вино
И даже не допригубил.
Он пока лишь затеивал спор, спор
Неуверенно и не спеша, не спеша.
Словно капельки пота из пор, из пор,
Из-под кожи сочилась душа, душа.
Только начал дуэль на ковре, на ковре,
Еле-еле, едва приступил.
Лишь чуть-чуть осмотрелся в игре,
И судья еще счет не открыл.
Он знать хотел всё от и до,
Но не добрался он, не до…
Не докопался ни до дна, до дна,

(translation)

Someone spotted a fruit that was unripe, unripe.
They shook the barrel - it fell, fell.
Here's a song for you about who didn't sing, didn't sing
And that he had a voice - he did not recognize, did not recognize.
Maybe there were disagreements with fate, disagreements
And things are bad with the case, things are bad,
And a tight string on the frets, on the frets
She lay down with an imperceptible flaw.
He began timidly with the note "to",
But I didn’t finish it, not until…
His chord didn't sound, chord
And he didn't inspire anyone.
The dog was barking, and the cat
Caught mice.
Funny, isn't it, funny?
And he was joking - not joking,
Didn't taste the wine
And he didn't even take a bite.
So far he has only started a dispute, a dispute
Uncertainly and not in a hurry, not in a hurry.
Like droplets of sweat from the pores, from the pores,
A soul oozed from under the skin, a soul.
Just started a duel on the carpet, on the carpet,
Barely, barely started.
Just looked around a little in the game,
And the judge hasn't opened the score yet.
He wanted to know everything inside and out,
But he did not get, not to ...
Didn't get to the bottom, to the bottom,