Пока несут сакэ [Poka nesut sake] [English translation]

In the rock garden roses are blooming again

The wind of love smells like bitter almond

Looking at us, ancient gods start crying

I wish I could know how to open your kimono1

This is a samurai and a geisha, and that's a shogun

Who’s cutting them into a hundred pieces

White and red colors are symbols for Minamoto and Taira2

But for us that means nothing but color

While waiting for saké

We will drinking what we got

Snail, climb the Mount Fuji3

Up to the highest peak

We'll take more shots

Seven in each hand

While waiting for sake

For three days now, they've been playing gagaku4

My kind of music isn't welcome here

Get me some weed for kaishaku5

We've already won (even if that ain't visible yet)

So, we can live the life, hallucinating

Or feel a strong connection with the sheep6

But when I fall asleep in the oriental bedroom

I have a dream about Bashō7holding up the poster "I want to be like Tsoi"

While waiting for sake..

1. Open (up) one's kimono means 'reveal one's secret plans'2. The Taira and the Minamoto (also known as Heike and Genji) - two great clans who fought for military and political control in Japan during the late-Heian period.

Red and white colors are not only Japan's national colors but also the colors of the Taira and Minamoto standards3. Implying a quote by the Japanese poet Kobayashi Issa

'O snail Climb Mount Fuji But slowly, slowly!'4. A kind of Japanese classical music5. Kaishaku - an act of cutting off one's head after committing a ritual suicide (seppuku)

But also, in Russian 'кайсяку’ sounds similar like 'косяк’ which means 'blunt' or 'joint'6. It's probably about 'A Wild Sheep Chase' - one of Haruki Murakami's earliest novels7. Matsuo Bashō - one of the most famous poet in Japan