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Original lyrics
Серебра
Да ему ли так жить - только дергаться
Да химер сторожить, не меняя лица
Да оттачивать вдох, зная шаг наперед
Квазимодо-урод, Квазимодо-урод
Или ты или я, уж такая игра
Или свет или звук, или звук или яд
Поднимите им веки пусть видят они
Как бывает, когда слишком много в крови
Серебра!
Если мимо пройдет, говори - повезло
Сеять хаос и дрожь - вот его ремесло
Или сетью слов передергивать рот
Квазимодо-урод, Квазимодо-урод
А пока его крик режет тень-тишину
Да пока не охрип, разгоняя волну
Поднимите им веки пусть видят они
Как бывает, когда слишком много в крови
Серебра!
Это те же костры, только меньше огня
Это те же глаза, только молятся пням
Это те же слова, только наоборот
Квазимодо-урод, Квазимодо-урод
Или ты или я, уж такая игра
Или свет или звук, или звук или яд
Поднимите им веки пусть видят они
Как бывает, когда слишком много в крови
Серебра!
Submitted by spiegelsaal on 2012-05-16
Translation
Silver Dust
Is it really his life: only twitching apace,
Only guarding the dreams with the hard frozen face,
Only honing his breath, always knowing his wig:
Quasimodo's a freak, Quasimodo's a freak.
Only one of us wins, these are rules of the game,
Either sound or light, either sound or bane.
Lift their eyelids so that they could clearly see
What transpires when blood's got too much of the free
Silver dust!
If he passes you by, say that you are in luck,
To wreak havoc and blight is his craft for the ruck,
Or to juggle with words and to speak tongue in cheek:
Quasimodo's a freak, Quasimodo's a freak.
But until his scream stops cutting silence in rave,
And until he lost voice while he's driving the wave,
Lift their eyelids so that they could clearly see
What transpires when blood's got too much of the free
Silver dust!
It's the same fires only they lack fiery flame,
It's the same eyes but now to the tree stumps they pray,
It's the same words that're only spelled backwards. Now speak:
Quasimodo's a freak, Quasimodo's a freak.
Only one of us wins, these are rules of the game,
Either sound or light, either sound or bane.
Lift their eyelids so that they could clearly see
What transpires when blood's got too much of the free
Silver dust!
equirhythmic
rhyming
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Submitted by St. Sol on 2019-02-21
Author's comments:
[ER-p] Equirhythmic TL of Ed's masterpiece for singing along.
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3. | Там, на самом, на краю Земли (Tam, na samom, na krayu Zemli) |
Idioms from "Серебра"
1. | speak in tongue |
2. | Tongue in Cheek |
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