Vision of a Girl (Девочка-Виденье)
Video of English translation: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2wTIh-RAIWo
It was a simple St. Petersburg evening
I was walking through a terrible world
Only suddenly, I saw walking towards me,
Just a vision, or maybe a girl.
And it seemed like I knew her from before
It was somebody’s birthday, I recall.
And the name was Dasha, I’m sure,
Of the vision, or maybe the girl.
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She traveled like a caravel over the green waves,
Like the cool rain after a hot day.
I turned my head around to see if she was looking back at me
To see if I had turned to look back her way.
I was singing something about eyelashes,
I was whispering some nonsense to her.
Unexpectedly, she flew up and vanished
Just a vision, or maybe a girl.
For a long time, I watched the star-filled sky
And the next day, I was ill, I was torn,
And I searched for her, but I could not find
Just the vision, or maybe the girl.
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Now, I live a quiet and tranquil life,
But each evening, as I tread down the roads
In my greed, I search the crowds for the eyes
Of just a vision, or maybe a girl.
You resemble her, as if you were sisters,
But not her, though it brings pain to my soul.
I’ll go home, and in my dreams will appear
Just a vision, or maybe a girl.
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Alexandra (Александра)
Whenever I see Alexandra, my heart is a butterfly in my chest.
And if the sky falls to the earth, I’ll walk away, not bearing a single scratch
Oh Alexandra, Alexandra, Alexandra, don’t go away.
Into the eyes of Alexandra, just like lakes, I want to dive in so deep
And on the chest of Alexandra I want to slumber for eternity
Oh Alexandra, Alexandra, Alexandra, say something to me!
REFRAIN:
There’s emerald ice within Alexandra’s eyes
There is wild honey in each trace of her smile
Oh Alexandra, Alexandra, Alexandra, why?
If suddenly you go to sea, I’ll walk across a hundred seas next to you
If you decide to go and diet, we will share some leek and onion stew
Oh Alexandra, Alexandra, Alexandra, please say “I do!”
One day, I hope to meet a dragon that will spew out many oceans of fire.
And underneath my loved one’s balcony, I’ll slay him in the bright of daylight.
So Alexandra, Alexandra, Alexandra, is enamored for life.
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Don’t Let him Leave (Не дай ему уйти)
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Somewhere far away, planes derail off course
All the trains soar the skies haphazardly
If he leaves right now, it is forever.
So it’s simple: Just do not let him leave!
I’m a pretty young and novice god
And perhaps I do not have enough skill or might
But don’t you see my girl, I have come to help you out
And to bring new rays of sunshine into your life.
You don’t have a minute, you rush
And your break at work is short, but on a whim
You powder your face, you go out for lunch
Sitting there at a cafe, you lock eyes with him
REFRAIN
Tell me, why are you so hushed and moot?
Go on, look into his eyes, and have no fear
For so many years, I have worked to close this loop
It is I who has brought him to meet you here
I have brought him here from far countries
Where the shattered dreams are trampled into the sand
He’s wandered through woods, walked across the sea
And of course he is alone here, just like yourself.
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