Зачем? [Zachem?] [English translation]

Why did you swindle me;

whether did you forget

how you and me shared one joint

in the refuse pit?

Why did you let me down terribly,

why did you ruin my balanced living?

Now in the cave of the absolute

my odious croaking doesn't work.

Why did you break the double Zappa

I will not say which one, however.

Why did you steal my boot of thick woolen cloth?

Monsieur Ergiou rented it to me.

Why did you stick the crow-bars in my back

and the hooks in my red moustache,

why did you spill clay in my ears

and ruine dour union with it?