| English translation / английский перевод / Переклад англійською / Traduzione... |
NOT FOR ME | NOT FOR ME |
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Not for me comes spring, | The spring is coming, but not for me; |
Not for me the Don flows. | The Don will overflow, but not for me. |
There is a girl's heart filled | There a maiden heart will begin pounding |
With delightful feelings - not for me. | In a rapture of emotions - but not for me. |
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Not for me do gardens flower, | Gardens are blooming, but not for me; |
In the valley, a grove blooms, | In the vale, a grove is blossoming... |
There, a nightingale meets spring, | And there a nightingale will welcome the spring, |
He will sing - not for me. | And he'll keep on singing - but not for me. |
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Not for me flow streams, | Brooks are purling, but for me; |
Murmuring diamond brooks, | As streams of diamond they flow, |
There is a maiden with black eyebrows, | And there is a maiden with black eyebrows there, |
She grows - not for me. | And is growing up - but not for me. |
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Not for me comes Easter, | Easter is on its way, but it is not for me; |
At the table all relatives will gather, | The old folks back home will gather around the table |
"Christ has risen" will pour from their lips, | And "Christ is risen!" will pour out of every mouth |
Easter day is not for me. | On Easter Day - but not for me. |
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Not for me the flowers bloom, | Flowers are flowering, but not for me; |
The fragrant rose will fade its color, | The rose will unfurl it's fragrant bloom, |
Pick a flower and it will wilt | And if you pick it, it will wilt; |
Such a life is not for me. | But that life - that life is not for me. |
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For me there is a piece of lead, | Yet, a lead pellet - that IS for me; |
Which will dig into my white body, | It will pierce my white body |
And bitter tears will be shed. | And bitter tears will pour.... |
Such a life, brother, waiting for me. | That's the life, brother, that's the life that awaits me. |