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