Bratja (brothers)
Prosti myenia, mladshij brat!
Ia tak pryed toboj vinovat
Puytatjsia vyernutj nyeljzia
Togo, chto vziala zyemlia
Kto znayet zakon Buytiya
Pomog buy mnye najti otvyet
Zhyestoko oshibsia ia:
Ot smyerti lyekarstva nyet
Milaia mama! Nyezhnaia!
Muy tak lyeiubili tyebia
No vsye nashi siluy
Potrachyenuy buyli zria
Tyebia soblaznilia
Pryekrasnoy nadyezhdoy
Vyernutj nash syemyeynuyy ochag
Moy brat, ia vo vsyom vinovat
Nye plachj, nye pyechaljsia, starshiy brat!
Ne tuy odin vinovat
Doroga u nas odna
Iskupim vinu do dna
Mnye nye v chyem tebia upryeknutj
Iia nye obizhyen nichutj
Tiazhyek, nash grekh
Khotyetj buytj siljnyee vsyekh
Milaia mama! Nyezhnaia!
Muy tak lyeiubili tyebia
No vsye nashi siluy
Potrachyenuy buyli zria
Iasam soblaznilcia
Pryekrasnoy nadyezhdoy
Vyernutj nash syemyeynuyy ochag.
Iasam vo vsyom vinovat
No chto zhye nam dyelatj, kak buytj?
Kak vsyo ispravitj, zabuyitj?
Puytatjcia vernytj neljzia
Togo, chto vziala zyemlia
Brothers
Forgive me, younger brother!
I am so guilty before you
Trying to return what was taken
By the land
Who knows the law of being
Help me find the answer
I made a cruel mistake:
There is no cure for death
Dear mother! Tender!
We loved you so much
But all our efforts
Were in vain
You were seduced
By a beautiful hope
To return our family hearth
My brother, I am guilty in everything
Do not cry, do not be sad, older brother!
You are not the only one to blame
We have one road
We will atone for our sins to the end
I have no one to blame but you
I am not offended at all
Heavy is our sin
Though we must be stronger than all
Dear mother! Tender!
We loved you so much
But all our efforts
Were in vain
I was seduced
By a beautiful hope
To return our family hearth
I am guilty in everything
But what should we do, how to be?
How to fix everything, forget?
Trying to return what was taken
By the land