Городок [Gorodok] [English translation]

Oh how I want to return

How I want to burst in the small town

On our street with three houses

Where everything is simple and familiar for one day

Where they come to you without an invitation

Where there’s no envy and no anger – home, sweet home

Where the whole neighborhood celebrates birthdays

And pays last tribute.

Time, time swirls snow

And neighbors moved into different places

And when the houses were being demolished

My friend, we joked – it’s not a problem

There’s a tiny letter once a year

Best wishes for Christmas and birthday

Just eight strict lines

And the handwriting seems to be unfamiliar, this is the end

Oh how I want to return

How I want to burst in the small town

On our street with three houses

Where everything is simple and familiar for one day

Where they come to you without an invitation

Where there’s no envy and no anger – home, sweet home

Where the whole neighborhood celebrates birthdays

And pays last tribute.

Faces come only in dreams

You don’t recognize even half of them – light is bright

A year has passed. The letter box.

I’m opening it: two newspapers, no letters.

Oh how I want to return

How I want to burst in the small town

On our street with three houses

Where everything is simple and familiar for one day

Where they come to you without an invitation

Where there’s no envy and no anger – home, sweet home

Where the whole neighborhood celebrates birthdays

And pays last tribute.