Оркестр [Orkestr] [English translation]

I will be short. If what -

Earthquake or storm

Or tsunami and all world is upside down

Or confusion in heads -

I wll be short. In two words

Or even in one.

Or I don't need any words

And wind was blowing over heads

And all people bowed their heads

Like no one knew the words

Orhestra played music

And pigeons scattered.

That's it, that's it

That's orhestra playing in time

That's it. That's it. That's it.

(*)

Flag flew over house,

And enemy appeared in the sky

And began to whirl over city.

Enemies crippled him,

And when they surrounded him,

They starved city.

And city made a sign of cross,

And blessed himself with this cross

For don't let put a cross(**) on him.

My city saved his reputation

Broke the blockade ring

And orhestra is calling again.

That's it, that's it

That's orhestra playing in time

That's it. That's it. That's it.

When you getting soaked under rain

Lightnings and thunders are sparkling

Until your heart is not totally chilled out.

You will have such many things ahead

But look - brilliant view

And new home, and garden, and son

Between totally foreign lands

Drunkness fly away in a moment

Drunkness fly away on number 37(***)

Now i know what to say

You stay to winter (****)

You stay forever

Orhestra's playing for everyone

That's it, that's it

That's orhestra playing in time

That's it. That's it. That's it.

That's it, that's it

That's orhestra playing in time

That's it. That's it. That's it.

(*) Next two strophes are about Leningrad Blockade

(**)Russian idiome for "put an end"

(***)Quote from Vladimir Vysotsky's poem "Who ended life tragically" about short living of poets. 37 is the age when A. Pushkin and V. Mayakovsky died.

(****)Reference to song "Stay to winter" by Splean