Черная Волга [Chornaya Volga] [English translation]

From far far away

The black Volga meandered along

The smell of gasoline

A truck overtook all, dragged a long line behind him.(1a)

Dodged the Ringroad. (1)

The landscape looked miserable

That landfill, the construction site surrounded with roadsigns

That grey concrete wall, then suddenly red poppies

Everywhere along the road

Darkness fell quickly

A janitor scratched the frozen windshields

Some light blinked every time and then

A headlight burned

In so far as

Everything was shaking, rattling and muzzling

The black volga relentlessly dragged on (2)

To the South-East

To where it's warmer

To where nobody ever can detect it

Where villages, roads houses become worse

And the cops meaner

This was the place

Wave goodbye, smoke clouds and steam

The black Volga meandered away and poured forth

Into the Caspian Sea

Waves closed in

Seagulls circled slightly, settled down nimbly

None of the people noticed the car disappear

On the streets of the city

From far far away

The black Volga

The black Volga