Весна [Vesna] [English translation]

Deafening silence of the masses,

Silent murmur of the last of us from corners,

A merry leap year 1beating the temples 2-

We've been waiting for a thaw, but familiar ice came instead

There are spiral fantasies in the political arena:

What running in circles can see is just an another circle ahead.

Laughing spectators applauding loudly

Gingerly hide their sincere fear behind the laughter

After all, we've been told clearly:

Things will be fine - fine and cheerless.

After all, we've been told clearly:

Things will be fine - fine and cheerless.

Under the rag veil of chatters of doing good for our Homeland,

There is a country in the box - come on, magician, saw it! 3

Boughs of Resistance are cut long ago with a handsaw,

And if you can’t meet the deadline, then nullify your terms. 4

Drive me crazy! Spring of 2020, tabulate

The quarterly report into columns of "plus" and "minus",

And what we’ll have "in total", we’ll hand out in envelopes:5

Somebody will get crowned, 6 somebody will get coronavirus

And then, it will become real:

Things will be fine - fine and cheerless.

And then, it will become real:

Things will be fine - fine and cheerless.

1. year 20202. temples of head, not churches3. Пилить (to saw) has an additonal neologism meaning, to slice a money pie, simply - to steal state money, using different schemes4. It's about Putin, who illegally"nullified" his terms as a president in July 2020, so that he can be a president up to 2036 5. Usual way to "reward" someone, involved in corruption schemes 6. Our endless Tsar