Рыбак рыбака [Rybak rybaka] [English translation]

Nothing is new in this world,

A ball doesn't roll up a hill,

A doctors sees a patient in everyone,

A fireman sees a fire everywhere,

A pilot sees the blue sky,

A frontier guard sees an enemy,

A wanderer sees a place where he hasn't been to,

And only a fisherman sees a fisherman*

A drinker sees everything which is not drunk yet,

A cat smells mice everywhere,

A detective always feels like a killer is near

A killer sees a target in everyone.

An advocate sees a client in everyone,

A prosecutor sees a criminal in everyone,

An electrician sees a blue strip,

And only a fisherman sees a fisherman.

The truth is in wine, wine is in a shop,

And drunks hang around a shop.

Yang dreams of Yin all night,

For Yin, Yang seems to be everywhere.

Stalin sees a treason everywhere,

Lenin sees a plenum,

A tragic sees a new scene,

And only a fisherman sees a fisherman.