Artist: Сплин | Splin | Spleen

Year: 2007

Anglo-russkiy slovar’

My English-Russian Dictionary

Moy poyezd yedet v Stambul - eto “cool”,

(My train goes to Istanbul – This is “cool,”)

No deneg net na obed - eto “bad”,

(But I don’t any money for lunch – This is “bad”.)

Kto mne pokazhet striptiz - tomu “kiss”,

(Those who will give me a striptease – will get “a kiss”,)

A kto pokazhet kulak - tomu “fuck”!

(And those who shake their fist – will get “fuck”!)

[chorus, 2x:]

Davay, lama, davay,

(Go on, lama*, go on)

Davay, otkryvay svoy anglo-russkiy slovar’

(Go on, open your English-Russian dictionary)





Kogda povsyudu ty svoy - eto “joy”,

(When people know you – this is “joy”,)

Kogda ty vsyudu odin - eto “spleen”,

(when you are alone – this is “spleen”,)

Kogda nikto ne zvonit - eto “shit”,

(when no-one calls you – this is “shit”)

Kogda vokrug vsyo ne tak - eto, eto-

(when everything goes wrong – this is, this is-)





[chorus, 2x]





Kto nenavidit voynu - tot v plenu,

(He who hates the war – is a prisoner of war,)

Iz dvukh velikikh kul’tur ya khochu sdelat’ odnu (nu, nu, nu-nu-nu);

(from two great cultures, I want to make one.)

Kogda vokrug vse poyut - eto “good”,

(When everyone around you is singing – this is “good,”)

Kogda botinki ne zhmut - eto tozhe “good”!

(When you’re shoes are the right size – this is also “good”!)

Kogda rumyan karavay - eto kayf,

(When the bread is freshly baked – this is “kaif”**)

Kogda na ulitse may - eto i est’ nasha “life”.

(When it is May – this is it, our “life”.)





[chorus]



* Like the dalai-lama

** Kaif is a very hard word to translate, it’s like the higness from drugs, but not nesecsarily from drugs. It was used a lot as a slang term in the 80s to mean any kind of enjoyment. It’s still quite popular.



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