Папа, не пей!

Dad, Don't Drink!

Папа, не пей!

spit in the glass, mold insidepol zaplyovan, v posude plesenʹ
Dad, please, wake up!papa, proshu, prosnisʹ!
you promised that on Easter Sundayty dal slovo, chto v denʹ voskresnyy
we'd feed the birds in the park!my v parke pokormim ptits!
so wake up, just for today let’stak voskresni, pustʹ khotʹ na denʹ vmeste my
be like a family!stanem, kak semʹya!
look how amazing this world is!posmotri na skolʹko etot mir chudesen!
Dad, why are you drunk again?pap, nu pochemu ty snova pʹyan?

what about me?nu kak zhe ya?

Dad, don’t drink! Mom, don’t drink!papa, ne pey! mama, ne pey!
how could you turn into pigs?kak vy mogli prevratitʹsya v sviney?
how did you lose control over yourselves?kak udalosʹ vam nad soboy rasteryatʹ kontrolʹ?
Mom, don’t drink! Dad, don’t drink!mama, ne pey! papa, ne pey!
how could you become less than human?kak vy mogli obernutʹsya v nelyudey?
years will pass, the pain will stay!gody proydut, ostanet·sya bolʹ!
childhood was ruined by alcoholdet·stvo iskalechil alkogolʹ

alcohol!alkogolʹ!

emptiness in your twisted facespustota v isstuplyonnykh litsakh
Mom, what have you become?mama, kem stala ty?
I’d give anything just to be proud of youvsyo otdal by, lishʹ by smog gorditʹsya vami
and not hide my shame!a ne skryvatʹ svoy styd!
drown like an unwanted kitten!utopite, kak kotyonka lishnego!
I feel so sick, Mom!mne tak toshno, mam!
I’ve cried a sea of tears, drown it alreadyya naplakal more slyoz, topite zhe
my sea is up to your knees!moyo more po koleno vam!

can you hear me, Mom?ty slyshishʹ, mam?

Dad, don’t drink! Mom, don’t drink!papa, ne pey! mama, ne pey!
how could you turn into pigs?kak vy mogli prevratitʹsya v sviney?
how did you lose control over yourselves?kak udalosʹ vam nad soboy rasteryatʹ kontrolʹ?
Mom, don’t drink! Dad, don’t drink!mama, ne pey! papa, ne pey!
how could you become less than human?kak vy mogli obernutʹsya v nelyudey?
years will pass — the pain will stay!gody proydut — ostanet·sya bolʹ!
childhood was ruined by alcoholdet·stvo iskalechil alkogolʹ

and at night I see dreamsa po nocham ya vizhu sny
and at night I see dreamsa po nocham ya vizhu sny
Dad, don’t drink!papa, ne pey!

chaos, screams, a comaponozhovshchina, kriki, koma
how fun it is to be an adult!kak veselo vzroslym bytʹ!
out of sight, lock me in a rooms glaz doloy menya zaprite v komnate
it’s easier for you to live!vam zhe tak proshche zhitʹ!
I can’t go to the children’s homev det·skiy dom doroga mne zakazana
the door has been ringing for a long time!v dverʹ davno zvonyat!
just once instead of the toiletnu khotʹ raz vmesto unitaza
for goodbye, Mom, hug me!na proshchanʹye, mam, obnimi menya!

don’t give me away!ne otdavay menya!

Dad, don’t drink! Mom, don’t drink!papa, ne pey! mama, ne pey!
how could you turn into pigs?kak vy mogli prevratitʹsya v sviney?
how did you lose control over yourselves?kak udalosʹ vam nad soboy rasteryatʹ kontrolʹ?
Mom, don’t drink! Dad, don’t drink!mama, ne pey! papa, ne pey!
how could you become less than human?kak vy mogli obernutʹsya v nelyudey?
years will pass, the pain will stay!gody proydut, ostanet·sya bolʹ!
childhood was ruined by alcoholdet·stvo iskalechil alkogolʹ