Сказка [Skazka] [English translation]

Once again a new day's starting to break,

Like a flashlight through window the dawn beams again,

And the phone doesn't ring - it's unplugged.

There's no Sun in the sky again,

Battle looms: every man for himself,

And it seems that the Sun is

No more than a dream.

Screen of window displays

Fairy tale with unhappy end.

Strange fairy tale [end]...

Like machine gun the rain hammers on,

And the autumn is walking the streets,

And the clouds' cover's dense as a strong brick wall.

And the trees have caught a terrible plague,

They have caught it back in the spring,

And the leaves that used to greet us

Will fall [off] from the palm like a shawl.

Screen of window displays

Fairy tale with unhappy end.

Strange fairy tale [end]...

And then She1 will come along

And will say: get ready, let's go,

Give your flesh to the earth.

But this body hasn't finished its song,

It was not given its share of love.

Such a bizarre dearth...

Screen of window displays

Fairy tale with unhappy end.

Strange fairy tale [end]...

1. here: Death.