Bratja (Brothers)

Brothers

Bratja (Brothers)

Forgive me, younger brother!Prosti myenia, mladshij brat!
I am so guilty before you.Ia tak pryed toboj vinovat.
Trying to regainPuytatjsia vyernutj nyeljzia,
What the earth took.Togo chto vziala zyemlia.

Who knows the law of being,Kto znayet zakon Buytiya,
Help me find the answer.Pomog buy mnye najti otvyet.
I made a grave mistake,Zhyestoko oshibsia ia,
There is no cure for death.Ot smyerti lyekarstva nyet.

Dear mother! Tender!Milaia mama! Nyezhnaia!
We loved you so much.Muy tak lyeiubili tyebia.
But all our effortsNo vsye nashi siluy,
Were in vain.Potrachyenuy buyli zria.

You were seduced by a beautiful hope,Tyebia soblaznilia pryekrasnoy nadyezhdoy,
To return our family hearth.Vyernutj nash syemyeynuyy ochag.
My brother, I am guilty in everything.Moy brat, ia vo vsyom vinovat.

Do not cry, do not be sad, older brother!Nye plachj, nye pyechaljsia, starshiy brat!
You are not the only one to blame.Ne tuy odin vinovat.
We have one road,Doroga u nas odna,
We will atone for our sins to the end.Iskupim vinu do dna.

I have no one to blame but you.Mnye nye v chyem tebia upryeknutj.
I am not offended at all.Iia nye obizhyen nichutj.
Heavy is our sin,Tiazhyek, nash grekh,
We must be stronger than all.Khotyetj buytj siljnyee vsyekh.

Dear mother! Tender!Milaia mama! Nyezhnaia!
We loved you so much.Muy tak lyeiubili tyebia.
But all our effortsNo vsye nashi siluy,
Were in vain.Potrachyenuy buyli zria.

I myself was seducedIasam soblaznilcia
By a beautiful hopePryekrasnoy nadyezhdoy
To return our family hearth.Vyernutj nash syemyeynuyy ochag.
I am guilty in everything.Iasam vo vsyom vinovat.

But what can we do, how to be?No chto zhye nam dyelatj kak buytj?
How to fix everything, forget?Kak vsyo ispravitj, zabuyitj?
Trying to regainPuytatjcia vernytj neljzia,
What the earth took.Togo, chto vziala zyemlia.