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Зачем?
Зачем всегда идти до самой точки,
Загадывать, что будет впереди?
Захочешь быть веселым -
Пей, как бочка.
А хочешь быть богатым -
Укради.
Играют дети, устали не зная,
Что мудрость стариков им может дать?
И так понятна их игра простая,
Сейчас цвести, а завтра увядать.
Зачем витиеватым быть и сложным,
Когда вокруг простые радости?
И так ведь ничего с собой не сможешь,
Ничто с собой не сможешь унести.
Translation
Why?
Why should I always go till very endpoint,
Why should I always guess what waits ahead?
If you would want a joyride,
Smoke your last joint.
And if you'd want to be rich,
Steal instead.
The children play without getting tired,
What can the elders' wisdom give to them?
Their simple game leaves much to be desired:
To blossom now, tomorrow to succumb.
What is the point to be ornate and complex,
When simple joys deliver what you crave?
The fact is that you wouldn't bring no objects,
Lo! Nothing you could carry to the grave.
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Submitted by St. Sol on 2017-10-12
Author's comments:
Equirhythmic rhymed translation for singing along.
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