August 1990, Russia, Viktor Tsoi has just died...
After this day and during a few passing months the youth suicide rate had increased enormously. It wasn't his fault, how can someone be accused in being loved.
His songs are still alive, they're sung, played and turned into soundtracks for modern films. And one of the last songs, that was written by Tsoi during the last months of his life hadn't even been officially released, has many male and female covers and became an OST of a war film "Battle For Sevastopol".
I've made a capella covers on this song with my fellow rock lovers about ten years ago, and today I made one with music (the music isn't mine, it's an open mic track).
Кукушка / Cuckoo
Песен еще ненаписанных, сколько / How many songs that are still unwritten
Скажи, кукушка, пропой. / Tell me, cuckoo, sing it outloud.
В городе мне жить или на выселках? /Should I be living in the city, or in the countryside?
Камнем лежать или гореть звездой? Sit like a rock, or shine like a star?
Звездой.../ Like a star...
Солнце мое - взгляни на меня, / My sun - take a look at me,
Моя ладонь превратилась в кулак. My palm has turned into a fist,
И если есть порох - дай огня. /And if you have gunpowder, then fire away.
Вот так... It's like this...
Кто пойдет по следу одинокому? Who will follow the lonely trail?
Сильные да смелые / The strong and brave
Головы сложили в поле в бою. / Laid down their lives on the battlefield, in fight.
Мало кто остался в светлой памяти, / Few are still clearly remembered,
В трезвом уме да с твердой рукой в строю. /With a sober mind and a firm hand, marching,
В строю.../ Marching...
Солнце мое - взгляни на меня, / My sun - take a look at me,
Моя ладонь превратилась в кулак. My palm has turned into a fist,
И если есть порох - дай огня. /And if you have gunpowder, then fire away.
Вот так... It's like this...
Где же ты теперь, воля вольная? / So where are you now, my freedom?
С кем же ты сейчас /And who are you meeting
Ласковый рассвет встречаешь? Ответь. / a tender sunrise with? Answer me.
Хорошо с тобой, да плохо без тебя, / It's good to be with you, and hard without you,
Голову да плечи терпеливые под плеть. / Head and shoulders are beneath the lash
Под плеть... / beneath the lash
Солнце мое - взгляни на меня, / My sun - take a look at me,
Моя ладонь превратилась в кулак. My palm has turned into a fist,
И если есть порох - дай огня. /And if you have gunpowder, then fire away.
Вот так... It's like this...
Солнце мое - взгляни на меня, / My sun - take a look at me,
Моя ладонь превратилась в кулак. My palm has turned into a fist,
И если есть порох - дай огня. /And if you have gunpowder, then fire away.
Вот так... It's like this...
