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 regain
What the earth took.
Who knows the law of being,
Help me find the answer.
I made a grave 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,
We must be stronger than all.
Dear mother! Tender!
We loved you so much.
But all our efforts
Were in vain.
I myself was seduced
By a beautiful hope
To return our family hearth.
I am guilty in everything.
But what can we do, how to be?
How to fix everything, forget?
Trying to regain
What the earth took.