| На афтапати, на афтапати | At the afterparty, at the afterparty, |
| лежал Андрюха — лицом в салате | Andryukha sprawled, his face fallen in salad’s green lagoon, |
| сюда попал он заночь все лавэ потратив | He drifted hither, spent the night and every coin he’d cradled, |
| и отрубился на афтапати | And vanished, shipwrecked in the afterparty’s swoon. |
| на афтапати, на афтапати | At the afterparty, at the afterparty, |
| кто на колесах кто в бутерате | Some on wheels glide by, some swirl in butirate’s haze, |
| у всех что ни глаза то будьте нате, | Each pair of eyes, lit lanterns in a fevered night, |
| а как иначе на афтапати? | How else to burn but on an afterparty’s blaze? |
| на афтапати, на афтапати | At the afterparty, at the afterparty, |
| приехал толик на мазерате | Tolik has arrived, his Maserati like a comet’s tail, |
| за ним Валюха и Петруха на бугатти | Valyukha and Petruha thunder after in a Bugatti— |
| чтоб потусить бля на афтапати | To revel, to whirl, to curse the afterparty’s grail. |
| на афтапати, на афтапати | At the afterparty, at the afterparty, |
| никто не спит — танцевать не катит | No soul sleeps—the hour dances refuse to start, |
| ди-джей играет на убитом апарате, | The DJ battles with a crippled apparatus, |
| а всех колбасит на афтапати | And the crowd convulses, a sea possessed, each heart. |
| на афтапати, на афтапати | At the afterparty, at the afterparty, |
| у бара телки — наташа с катей | At the bar, Natasha and Katya, bright as wolves at dawn, |
| четыре сиськи в прозрачных платьях | Four breasts, veiled in glass, shimmer in their dresses— |
| хотят холявы на афтапати | They hunger for fortune the afterparty has drawn. |
| на афтапати, на афтапати | At the afterparty, at the afterparty, |
| вода без газа, и пива кстате | Flat water for thirst, and beer, a passing thought — |
| давай по пятьдеят братан накатим | Come, brother, let us drink our measure, fifty deep, |
| ведь мы с тобой на афтапати | For after all, together at the afterparty we are caught. |
| на афтапати, на афтапати | At the afterparty, at the afterparty, |
| все шевеляться на автомате | All sway, marionettes by automaton strings, |
| все дело в разведенном канцетрате | Diluted concentrate is the sorcery at play, |
| што привезли на афтапати | That potion the midnight couriers did bring. |
| а с афтапати, а с афтапати | And from the afterparty, and from the afterparty, |
| домой добраться бы и до кровати | If only home and bed would not seem lost at sea, |
| неделю спать до выходных, а там опяти | I’d sleep a week until the world renews—then yet again, |
| на вечеринку и потом на афтапати | To the feast, and afterward, to the afterparty. |