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Original lyrics
Свобода
Как платил Незнайка за свои вопросы
Что скрывал последний злой патрон
И чему посмеивался Санька Матросов
Перед тем как Шишел-Мышел — пёрнул — вышел вон?
Как бежал за солнышком слепой Ивашка
Как садился ангел на плечо
Как рвалась и плавилась последняя рубашка
Как и что обрёл — обнял летящий Башлачёв?
Партизан спалил в пизду родную хату
Завязался в узел ремешок
Эх,распирает изнутри весёлую гранату!..
Так чем всегда кончается вот такой стишок?
[Chorus]
-Это знает моя Свобода
-Это знает моя Свобода
-Это знает моё Поражение
-Это знает моё Торжество!
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ofsummer on 2021-07-06
ofsummer on 2021-07-06Translation
Freedom
How did Dunno1 pay for all his questions
What was the last evil bullet hiding
And what was Sanka Matrosov2 laughing at
Before he shyshel-myshel3 farted and left?
How blind Ivashka4 ran after the sun
How an angel sat on his shoulder
How the last shirt ripped and melted
What and how did the flying Bashlachev find?
The partisan burnt the hell out of his own house
A belt tied itself into a know
Ah, a happy grenade tears itself from the inside!..
So, how does this rhyme always end?5
- 1. a character from a childrens' book series who knows little and asks too man questions
- 2. Soviet WW2 soldier known for dying from blocking a German machine-gun with his body
- 3. from a nursery rhyme, "shyshel-myshel, vzyal i vyshel" meaning something like shent-ment, came and went
- 4. this whole stanza is referencing the song Vanyusha by Alexander Bashlachev
- 5. the answers to the questions at the end of each stanza are death and dying. Sanka/Alexander Matrosov was shot by a machine gun, Bashlachev committed suicide by jumping out of an eighth story window (the flying Bashlachev), a grenade exploding inside you kills you
- 6. the chorus is all quotes, meaning someone is answering all the questions. freedom, defeat, and victory all know the answer to these questions, which is death. death is the ultimate freedom from all things. at the same time, it's both the ultimate victory and the biggest defeat you can suffer. at least, that's my interpretation
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