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На хрена нам война

Ol'ga Aref'eva / Ольга Арефьева
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English version by Alexander Laskavtsev
NA XRENA NAM VOJNAWHO THE HELL NEEDS THE WAR?
  
Ja videla, kak staryj soldat i matrosI saw an old soldier and an old sailor
Brosili svoj korabľ i svoj post –leave their ship and their stand -
« Na xrena nam vojna,"Who the hell needs the war?
Pošla ona na ! » -F... the war!" -
Skazali staryj soldat i matros.Both the soldier and sailor said.
  
Oni smotreli drug drugu v glaza,They looked into each other's eyes,
Oni vozvrašćalis’ iz smerti nazad –They were coming back from death -
« Na xrena nam vojna,"Who the hell needs the war?
Pošla ona na ! » -Fuck the war!" -
Skazali te, kto vernulsja nazad.Said those who had come back.
  
« Včerašnij potop i požar – pustjak,"The yesterday's deluge and fire are trifles
My novyj gorod postroim na staryx kostjax,We'll build a new city over the old bones
No na xrena nam vojna,Who the hell needs the war?
Pošla ona na ! –F... the war! -
Xvatit zanovo stroiš’ na staryx kostjax.Stop to build again over the old bones!
  
Xvatit ətix kazarm, pora v svoj dom,We're fed up with these barracks, let's go home,
Xvatit vmestno vosxoda komandy « pod˚em » -We're fed up with the "Stand up!" instead of the dawn
Na xrena nam vojna,Who the hell needs the war?
Pošla ona na ! –Fuck the war! -
Xvatit ətix kazarm, pora v svoj dom !We're fed up with these barracks, it's time to go home!
  
Mundir iz dyr, komandir Mojdodyr –The commander is Moydodyr, the uniform full of holes -
Xvatit ətoj krovavoj bor’by za mir,Let's finally stop this bloody fight for peace,
Na xrena nam vojna,Who the hell needs the war?
Pošla ona na ! –Fuck the war!
Xvatit ətoj krovavoj bor’by za mir !Finally stop this bloody war for peace!
  
Daleko ľ uplyveš’, sev v dyrjavyj taz,Can you sail away far in the leaky basin?
I kogo ubivaš’, raz zaraza v nas ?Who do we need to kill, if the virus is inside us?
Na xrena nam vojna,Who the hell needs the war?
Pošla ona na ! –F... the war!
Kogo ubivaš’, raz zaraza v nas ?Who do we need to kill, if the virus is inside us?
  
Esť zerkala ne s toj storony –Through the looking glass we can see a world
Tam vsë tak že kak zdes, no toľko net vojny,There's all the same in that world, but there's no war
Na xrena nam vojna,Who the hell needs the war?
Pošla ona na ! –Fuck the war!
Lučše tak že kak zdes’, no toľko bez vojny !It's much better like here, but without the war!"
  
Tak rassuždali soldat i matros,That's what soldier and sailor were talking
Kogda vzorvalsja pod nimi most.When a sudden blow ruined the bridge they were walking...
Oni ne došliThey couldn't reach
Do moj storony,the other side
No uspeli ujti navsegda s vojny.but they managed to leave the war behind
  
« Na xrena nam vojna, pošla ona na ! –"Who the hell needs the war? F... the war! -
Doma žena i butylka vina… »At home I have a wife, and a bottle of wine..." -
Ob ətom šeptaliwere mumbling away
Soldat i matros,the soldier and sailor,
Ujdja s vojny, no ne dojdja do dna.Being those who left the war without reaching its bottom.


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