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Rebecca wishes she was there when this song was written. Viktor Tsoi created a masterpiece. She wrote a graduate thesis on soviet rock.....

Rebecca aplogizes for some strange pronouciation. It's been a while since Russian class...

Learn more about Viktor Tsoi and Kino:
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Kukushka (Кукушка)
*This is not a word for word translation.

Песен еще ненаписанных, сколько? / How many songs are there still to sing?
Скажи, кукушка, пропой. / Tell me, cuckoo - answer me
В городе мне жить или на выселках, / Am I to live in the city or go
Камнем лежать или гореть звездой? / lying on the ground or burning bright like a star
Звездой.

Солнце мое - взгляни на меня, / My sun look down upon me
Моя ладонь превратилась в кулак, / My hand has turned into a fist
И если есть порох - дай огня. / And if there's (gun)powder - give me fire
Вот так... / Like this

Кто пойдет по следу одинокому? / Who will walk in these lonely steps?
Сильные да смелые / strong and brave
Головы сложили в поле в бою. / Lives are laid in the fields (in the struggle)
Мало кто остался в светлой памяти, / Few remain in our memory with sound mind
В трезвом уме да с твердой рукой в строю, / strong hands in the service
В строю.

Солнце мое - взгляни на меня, / My sun look down upon me
Моя ладонь превратилась в кулак, / My hand has turned into a fist
И если есть порох - дай огня. / And if there's (gun)powder - give me fire
Вот так... / Like this

Где же ты теперь, воля вольная? / Where are you now, Free will?
С кем же ты сейчас / with whom are you meeting already in the morning
Ласковый рассвет встречаешь? Ответь. / (Answer me)
Хорошо с тобой, да плохо без тебя, / It's good with you but it's bad without
Голову да плечи терпеливые под плеть, / my head on my shoulders can't hold out
Под плеть. / (under this whip)

Солнце мое - взгляни на меня, / My sun look down upon me
Моя ладонь превратилась в кулак, / My hand has turned into a fist
И если есть порох - дай огня. / And if there's (gun)powder - give me fire
Вот так... / Like this

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from В​е​ч​е​р В М​о​с​к​в​е (An Evening in Moscow), released April 2, 2013
Music and Words: Viktor Tsoi (originally samizdat which is like creative commons) All efforts have been made to locate current possible copyright holders, including Moroz Records).

English translation: Rebecca Anderson

Arranged and performed by F&M

F&M is:
Ryan Anderson: vocals, guitar
Becky Anderson: vocals, piano
Bryan Miot Reichert: guitar, violin, mandolin, sound engineering

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