В руках великана [V rukah velikana] [English translation]

It could have been easier,

It could have been better.

Fortune is in your hands,

I wish for better times.

If I could give wings to the winds,

Emeralds to the seas,

And mother-of-pearls to the snows.

You thought it was going to be easy,

As-if so simple.

Again, and again, just listen,

We breathe with big gasps,

We are broken toys,

In the hands of a giant,

In the hands of a giant,

And again, and again, just listen, aha 1

Again, squealing and dancing,

And they hammer the drums 2

And they demand illusions,

Of empty glasses.

And the voices of the iron trams,

The morning's breath.

You thought it'd be easy,

As-if it was so simple.

And again, again, just listen

We breathe with big gasps,

We are broken toys,

In the hands of a giant

In the hands of a giant.

And again, again, just listen

We breathe with big gasps,

We are broken toys,

In the hands,

In the hands

What was will be

What was will be

As it was before, 3

As it was.

Went up without ashes

Went up without ashes.

Great expectations,

Great expectations, 4

If I could give wings to the winds,

Emeralds to the seas,

And mother-of-pearls to the snows.

You thought it was going to be easy,

As-if so simple.

And again, again, just listen

We breathe with big gasps,

We are broken toys,

In the hands,

In the hands

And again, again, just listen

We breathe with big gasps,

We are broken toys,

In the hands,

In the hands

And again...

1. That works2. I wanted to do "drum the drums" but I think I'd get lynched for abusing English like that3. Proper way to read these lines is "What was will be as it was.4. The way to read these lines is "Great expectations went up without ashes."