Vessel (Boris Ryzhy)
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Судно
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Translations of "Судно (Sudno)"

Do they still use bedpans?
По-русски они «утки» назывались?

I agree that this is the meaning in this song, but you have others that argue this is too specific and insist that it should be "vessel". I don't agree with this and this is why I think "bowl" is a more neutral translation,
Literally судно means vessel, but this word should not be used since its primary meaning in English is a (freight) ship. The secondary meaning of судно is a bowl or pan for defecating.
So, I guess I have to agree that maybe bowl isn't specific enough... Now we could of course discuss why not just say "potty" instead of bedpan :D


https://dic.academic.ru/dic.nsf/ushakov/1046790
A vessel for feces, for urine. The bedpan for the sick.
So a bowl for feces, for urine is not incorrect...

Увидев название песни я думала речь о корабле😂. Прочитав текст до меня дошло.

The only correct meaning of «эмалированное судно» in this context, and in general, to be honest, is “bedpan”. We are talking about a hospital room here. «Судно» here is just a polite (acceptable in a polite society) way to indicate a bedpan. As a native Russian speaker, among other Russian speakers who commented here, I can confirm with a 100% confidence that it is a bedpan. I promise you! No need to search for any other meanings.

Just wanted to confirm that you are 100% correct. I found out that Molchat Doma has dropped one verse of the original poem by Boris Ryzhy that makes it clear we have a hospital/hosipice environment. Here's the comment I added to my translation:
These lyrics are from a poem by Boris Ryzhy. It's about a man that spends the last time of his life in a hospital or a hospice (a place for the terminally ill). The original poem has one more verse that Molchat Doma removed. I want to mention it here, because this verse is what makes it more clear that the song is not about an apartment or a bathtub. It's about a room with a bedridden patient and a bedpan.
Лежу и думаю: едва ли
вот этой белой простыней
того вчера не укрывали,
кто нынче вышел в мир иной.
I'm laying thinking: is it possible
that yesterday someone was covered
with this white bedsheet, someone
who has by now left into another world.
I took a couple small liberties with the wording of the lyrics for the sake of making it match the rhythm of the song. The meaning is left exactly the same.