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Moscow song
It's been snowing all night over
And all is white outside the window
And a new calendar is thicker than a reference book
And a street cleaner - a short Tajik -
Is circling round the yard with his spade,
Swearing at January in the language of Khayyám
The holidays were forgotten long ago
Just like the last year’s movie,
Whose storyline no one can recall
And I'm carrying flowers
For you to know something
That only I know so far.
I know for sure: the ice will thaw,
An oriole will sing in the midnight silence.
And the spring will come into the cold world
Like a warm sleepy red-haired girl
They have forecast a snowfall,
The streets stand still in traffic jams,
The cars look like snowdrifts with an exhaust tube.
The invincible “Boney M” is singing on the radio
About the surf falling upon Bahamas.
People are hurrying, sliding
To the entrance of the all-weather metro,
Losing their mittens in the mud,
And I’m hurrying, with flowers under my coat,
To tell you that,
Despite any weather forecasts,
I know for sure: the ice will thaw,
An oriole will sing in the midnight silence.
And the spring will come into the cold world
Like a warm sleepy red-haired girl
A street wit has glued an announcement
“Ski Rental” to a “Tobacco” kiosk,
But people don’t have fun
As the snowfall has suddenly interfered
With their everyday “drive”.
Pensioners and doctors,
Merchants and weavers
Are all united by the disaster
And only a lively tot,
Looking like a huge watermelon,
Is sitting on his little sleigh, smiling, just like me
He knows for sure: the ice will thaw,
An oriole will sing in the midnight silence.
And the spring will come into the cold world
Like a warm sleepy red-haired girl
We know for sure: the ice will thaw,
An oriole will sing in the midnight silence.
And the Spring will come into the cold world
Like a warm sleepy red-haired girl (3)
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Translations of "Московская песня ..."
English #1, #2
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