Философская песня о пуле [Filosofskaya pesnya o pule] [English translation]

Evil bullet, teach me to live

Kind stone, teach me to swim

Humanism created genocide

Justice gave rise to totalitarianism

Transgressions made laws

What we sow - we reap

Stupid bullet, teach me to live

Casemate, teach me to have courage

(a casemate is a fortified structure from which guns are fired)

Give them your dinner, give them your bread

Give them your liver, give them your brain

Give them your hunger, give them your fear

Don't wait until they come for you

Themselves.

Stupid bullet, teach me to live

Atheist, teach me to have faith

Who would believe me if I were alive?

Who would believe me if I were sober?

Who would believe me if I were correct?

Who would believe me if I were smart?

Stupid bullet, teach me to live

Revolutionary, teach me to think

Stupid bullet, teach me to live