A little song about Arbat
- Artist: Bulat Okudzhava
- Song: Pesenka ob Arbatie (Песенка об Арбате)
- Translation: Russian → English
- Submitted by
kuroi_neko on Sun, 12/08/2012 - 04:09 - Translations: English, French, Spanish
Pesenka ob Arbatie (Песенка об Арбате)
Ты течёшь, как река. Странное название!
И прозрачен асфальт, как в реке вода.
Ах, Арбат, мой Арбат, ты - моё призвание,
Ты - и радость моя, и моя беда.
Пешеходы твои - люди не великие,
Каблуками стучат - по делам спешат.
Ах, Арбат, мой Арбат, ты - моя религия,
Мостовые твои подо мной лежат.
От любови твоей вовсе не излечишься,
Сорок тысяч других мостовых любя,
Ах, Арбат, мой Арбат, ты - моё отечество,
Никогда до конца не пройти тебя!
A little song about Arbat
You flow like a river. What a strange name!
And your wet asphalt is like water in a river.
Ah, Arbat, my Arbat, you are my vocation,
you're both my joy and my tragedy.
Your pedestrians are modest people,
their heels clatter as they hurry about their business.
Ah, Arbat, my Arbat, you are my religion,
your cobblestones rest below me.
There is no way I could be healed from you,
even if I loved many thousand other streets.
Ah, Arbat, my Arbat, you are my fatherland,
one is never done walking you.
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| barsiscev | 35 weeks 3 days |
"Arbat" is a very famous street in Moscow, where many singers and other artists gathered between the 50's and the 80's. A bit like Greenwich Village or the "quartier latin" in Paris.
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By the way, may I ask you about some toponymes in Paris?
I am reading a book by Russian author Елена Чудинова...
там действие происходит в Париже, и главный герой упоминает разные названия...
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