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duathir and thnidu--another one for you; one of his best, IMHO)Я не люблю фатального исхода,
От жизни никогда не устаю.
Я не люблю любое время года,
В которое я песен не пою.
Я не люблю холодного цинизма,
В восторженность не верю, и еще -
Когда чужой мои читает письма,
Заглядывая мне через плечо.
Я не люблю, когда наполовину
Или когда прервали разговор.
Я не люблю, когда стреляют в спину,
Я также против выстрелов в упор.
Я ненавижу сплетни в виде версий,
Червей сомненья, почестей иглу
Или, - когда все время против шерсти,
Или, - когда железом по стеклу.
Я не люблю уверенности сытой,
Уж лучше пусть откажут тормоза.
Досадно мне, что слово "честь" забыто
И что в чести наветы за глаза.
Когда я вижу сломанные крылья,
Нет жалости во мне, и неспроста:
Я не люблю насилья и бессилья,
Вот только жаль распятого Христа.
Я не люблю себя, когда я трушу,
Я не терплю, когда невинных бьют.
Я не люблю, когда мне лезут в душу,
Тем более, когда в нее плюют.
Я не люблю манежи и арены,
На них мильон меняют по рублю, -
Пусть впереди большие перемены,
Я это никогда не полюблю.
Пусть впереди большие перемены,
Я это никогда не полюблю.
Translation of lyrics:
I do not like lethal outcomes,
I never tire of life,
I do not like any time of year
During which I don't sing cheerful songs.
I don't like cold cynicism,
I don't believe puppy-eyed delight, either, and also--
I don't like when a stranger reads my letters,
Looking over my shoulder.
I don't like when it's halfway
Or when a conversation is suddenly broken off.
I don't like being shot in the back,
I am also against being shot point-blank.
I hate gossip presented as plausible versions of events,
The worms of doubt, the needle of honor and recognition,
Or--when all the time it's rubbing in the wrong direction,
Or--when it's iron scraped on glass.
I don't like well-fed complacence,
Even if the brakes fail completely, that is better.
It annoys me that the word "honor" has been forgotten
And that denigrating others, behind their backs, is what's honored.
When I see broken wings,
There's no pity in me, and there's a reason for that:
I don't like violence and helplessness,
The only one I do feel sorry for is the crucified Christ.
I don't like myself when I'm being a coward,
I cannot tolerate the innocent being abused,
I do not like when people pry into my inmost soul,
And especially if they spit into it.
I do not like stages and arenas--
On them, a million is exchanged into single rubles, one by one,
Even if there are major changes ahead,
I will never like such things.
Comments
"I don't like being shot in the back,
I am also against being shot point-blank."
... totally agree! And also that we could use some cheerful songs right about now. Here's one:
Thank you...
(as a side remark, the subtitles are in Polish, I think?)
...I'll post another of Vysotsky's, in return, in a few minutes...
Kír won't be online till this evening - it's Super Full Moon y'know; we'll all be out at Gibson Spit watching it rise over the sea. I watched it set this morning: what a sight! it was YUUUGE! ^^
Indeed re: moon, and the songs will keep ;) Enjoy the moon-view!
Thanks; you enjoy it too - the Moon must be up already on your coast. Our moonrise will be in about half an hour; gotta go get me boots on and head out. Woohoo, sky rocks!
'After The Revolution'
...I've a few thoughts about it though, which I can tell you if you wish...
...and if not, then--thank you very much for showing me this song :)
1. He's an idealist, this David Rovics, if he thinks that would be the outcome of a revolution.
As you likely know, it was recently (Nov. 7th) the anniversary of the Soviet "Great October Revolution". Its 99th anniversary.
I think you've read more history than I have and I needn't tell you what the consequences of _that_ revolution had been. Or what the consequences of other revolutions in other countries, at different times throughout history, had been.
The Bolsheviks, you know, had a newspaper called "Iskra"--"The Spark"--and this was the motto of it--
"Наш скромный труд не пропадёт; из Искры разгорится пламя!"
("Our humble work won't be in vain, from this Spark a flame will start!")
...yeah. did they start a conflagration. Did they ever. That's the problem with starting a fire--it might spread out much further than one wishes...and often does...crowd psychology, etc.
2. It reminds me a bit of John Lennon's "Imagine"
3. It reminds me a bit of a passage in Tennyson's "Locksley Hall, 60 years after"--I think you know the passage I mean?
...that's all :)
The Left in America does not go in much for armed rebellion. It is the Right that stockpiles firearms to use against the government.
Here is Locksley Hall, 60 Years After (http://theotherpages.org/poems/tenny41.html), but I do not know, for many of its passages might fit this topic. Which was it?
It's just that--as you know--we all view the world through the lens of our own experience. I once believed in revolutionary ideals, until I grew a little older and saw the end result...
...but, as you say, he is referring to an entirely different kind of revolution.
Re: Tennyson: this passage; his vision of an "ideal future"
(I don't quite agree with it, either...)
After madness, after massacre, Jacobinism and Jacquerie,
Some diviner force to guide us thro' the days I shall not see?
When the schemes and all the systems, Kingdoms and Republics fall,
Something kindlier, higher, holier--all for each and each for all?
All the full-brain, half-brain races, led by Justice, Love, and Truth;
All the millions one at length, with all the visions of my youth?
All diseases quench'd by Science, no man halt, or deaf or blind;
Stronger ever born of weaker, lustier body, larger mind?
Earth at last a warless world, a single race, a single tongue,
I have seen her far away--for is not Earth as yet so young?--
Every tiger madness muzzled, every serpent passion kill'd,
Every grim ravine a garden, every blazing desert till'd,
Robed in universal harvest up to either pole she smiles,
Universal ocean softly washing all her warless Isles.
Now I am less sure. Cultures can change. I shall not see those days, but maybe they will come.
Here is Bernie Sanders on revolution:
And here is what I think the best of Rovics' songs:
'We Are Everywhere'
More cheerfuller songs
Anarchists like that are the very reason I don't attend or support street protests any more. I think they're ineffective, divisive, and only give jerks like the Black Bloc an excuse to take over peaceful demonstrations, commit and incite violence, and thus discredit the whole protest in the eyes of the mainstream viewing public.
I do believe in revolutionary ideals; I do, I do. I think they're the only hope for the world. But I also believe in rational behavior, which includes the Rule of Law, not fixing what ain't broke, and - especially - not breaking what we can't fix. I don't think there's anything wrong with the US model of government, except that it's been gamed by the GOP, and the Dems have let them do it - we don't have to overthrow the government in order to correct that; our system has ways to correct it already built in.
Edited 2016-11-16 09:45 pm (UTC)
Re: More cheerfuller songs
And yes, thanks for a well-thought-out comment.
Yes, the translation is my own and as close to the original as possible.
(all the translations I post are my own unless I mention otherwise)