Рыцарь [Rytsar'] [English translation]

Silently, knight armoured as a knight

I directed my heavy steps to her home.

I wanted to impress her, woman I loved so much,

With my noble appearance.

Oh heaven! At night I and my fellow

Escaped the asylum (1).

And despite the deep respect between us,

I was happy that our paths diverged!

I’ll knock hard on your door until the early hours,

I need to explain you everything, how could you not to recognize me?

For I’m the knight, I’m the most handsome one,

I’m ready to gain your heart!

Come on, open the door quickly! Come on, let me in!

She wanted to love a real man,

But I was just a psycho in her eyes!

For me it was the main reason

To prove it was lie!

Trying to break her door and shaking the walls

I want to burst into her house!

“Darling, why don’t you open me?!” –

My shout is heard all around.

The guard attacked me out of nowhere,

And I couldn’t withstand them all.

With horror in her eyes my woman looked at me

As I was taken into the “kozelok” (2).

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(1) – psychiatric asylum

(2) - “kozelok” (also “voronok”) – a car UAZ is an all-terrain vehicle used by Russian police (in fact not only by police, but in this song it is a police car)