Опиумный дым [Opiumnyi dym] [English translation]

Smoke of opium is rising,

Elder will be young again,

Everything will seem so easy,

Wing will flash behind his back.

World of phantoms, of calm trance

's like the light of long-dead stars,

Like a mole you cross it, but

All is known there in advance.

The devil's laughing from behind your back,

He-he-hey! He-he-hey!

Stifling heat cannot be borne,

Long nightmare doesn't end,

Heaven, be more kind to all:

t's dread to live among the men.

The devil's laughing from behind your back,

He-he-hey! He-he-hey!

Beat of hearts cannot be heard,

Who's alive and who is dead,

And the circle'll close again,

Bird will flutter out of hands.

The devil's laughing from behind your back,

He-he-hey! He-he-hey!