| 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, быть с судьбой нелады, нелады
| Maybe there is something wrong with fate, something wrong
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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 defect.
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| Он начал робко с ноты «до»,
| He began timidly with the note "to",
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| Но не допел ее, не до…
| But I didn’t finish it, not until…
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| Недозвучал его аккорд, аккорд,
| His chord, chord did not sound,
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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 — недошутил,
| And he was joking - not joking,
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| Недораспробовал вино,
| Didn't taste the wine
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| И даже недопригубил.
| And he didn't even care.
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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 все 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,
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| Не докопался до глубин
| Didn't get to the depths
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| И ту, которая одна,
| And the one who is alone
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| Недолюбил, недолюбил.
| Disliked, disliked.
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| Смешно, не правда ли, смешно?
| Funny, isn't it funny?
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| А он спешил — недоспешил.
| And he was in a hurry - not in a hurry.
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| Осталось недорешено
| Left unresolved
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| Все то, что он недорешил.
| All the things that he didn't solve.
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| Ни единою буквой не лгу, не лгу.
| I don’t lie with a single letter, I don’t lie.
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| Он был чистого слога слуга, слуга,
| He was a pure servant, servant,
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| И писал ей стихи на снегу, на снегу…
| And he wrote poetry to her in the snow, in the snow...
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| К сожалению, тают снега.
| Unfortunately, the snow is melting.
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| Но тогда еще был снегопад, снегопад
| But then it was still snowing, snowing
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| И свобода писать на снегу,
| And the freedom to write in the snow
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| И большие снежинки и град,
| And big snowflakes and hail,
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| Он губами хватал на бегу.
| He grabbed with his lips on the run.
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| Но к ней в серебряном ландо
| But to her in a silver landau
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| Он не доехал и не до…
| He did not reach and did not ...
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| Не добежал бегун — беглец,
| The runner did not run - the fugitive,
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| Не долетел, не доскакал.
| Didn't fly, didn't ride.
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| А звездный знак его — Телец
| And his star sign is Taurus
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| Холодный Млечный путь лакал.
| The cold Milky Way lapped.
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| Смешно, не правда ли, смешно?
| Funny, isn't it funny?
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| Когда секунд недостает,
| When seconds are missing
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| Недостающее звено,
| Missing link,
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| И недолет, и недолет.
| And undershoot, and undershoot.
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| Смешно, не правда ли? | Funny, isn't it? |
| Ну вот,
| Well,
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| И вам смешно, и даже мне…
| It's funny to you, and even to me...
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| Конь на скаку и птица влет —
| A galloping horse and a bird in flight -
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| По чьей вине, по чьей вине, по чьей вине?.. | Whose fault, whose fault, whose fault? |