Kino
Невесёлая песня lyrics with English translation
- Language
- Russian
- Level
- Intermediate
- Genre
- Russian Rock, Rock
- Length
- 4:16
Наши реки бедны водой
Our rivers are poor in water
В наших окнах не видно дня
In our windows, the day is not seen
Наше утро похоже на ночь
Our morning resembles the night
Ну, а ночь - для меня
Well, and the night - it's for me
Глядя в жидкое зеркало луж
Looking into the liquid mirror of puddles
На часы, что полвека стоят
At the clock that has stood still for half a century
На до дыр зацелованный флаг
At the flag kissed to tatters
Я полцарства отдам за коня
I'll give half a kingdom for a horse
Играй, невеселая песня моя
Play, my sad song
Играй
Play
Играй
Play
Командиры Армии Лет
Commanders of the Army of Years
Мы теряли в бою день за днем
We lost day by day in the fight
А когда мы разжигали огонь
And when we kindled the fire
Наш огонь тушили дождем
Our flames were doused by rain
Мы сидим у разбитых корыт
We sit by the broken troughs
И гадаем на розе ветров
And we guess on the compass rose
А когда приходит время вставать
And when the time comes to rise
Мы сидим, мы ждем
We sit, we wait
Играй, невеселая песня моя
Play, my sorrowful song
Играй
Play
Играй
Play
Играй, невеселая песня моя
Play, my sorrowful song
Играй
Play
Играй
Play
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Key vocabulary
- похоже
- looksC1
- бедны
- poor
- тушили
- put outB2
- дня
- day
- утро
- morningA1
- ночь
- nightA1
- глядя
- looking
- жидкое
- liquid
- луж
- puddle
- часы
- hoursA1
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About this song
Kino is a Russian rock band formed in Leningrad in 1981, co-founded and led by Viktor Tsoi. They are known for Tsoi’s songwriting and for releasing a large body of rock songs across multiple studio albums until the band disbanded after his death in 1990.