2020.08.21.
Song of Shoals
We shall tell you how we got stuck,
How we once ran aground,
We sailed, sailed and suddenly stopped,
Let's be honest – it’s very awkward.
There is no worse situation
Than to sit without moving,
Heigh-ho, heigh-ho – it’s boring and damp,
Heigh-ho, heigh-ho – we have to wait for a tug.
From this place, as they say,
You can neither go up, nor go down,
Heigh-ho, heigh-ho – nowhere, mates,
Heigh-ho, heigh-ho – to go from the shoal.
Seagulls circle above us merrily,
The fish laugh at us loudly,
Ha-ha, ha-ha, the river is splashing
Haha, haha, what a place!
If you sail around the world one day,
Do not forget this song,
In everything you do, moving towards a goal,
You have to see all the shoals.
2020.08.21.
Little Boat
The birches outside Moscow
Rustled in the distance,
A boat sailed and rocked
Along the Yauza River,
A boat sailed and rocked
Along the Yauza River.
Long ago we went away
To all ends of the country,
But we are still faithful
To our friendship, as before,
But we are still faithful
To our friendship, as before.
Above us is the sky of the Motherland,
And it is so light around,
As if we sailed
On a boat in our youth,
As if we sailed
On a boat in our youth,
The water churns under the oars,
The rudder will not tremble in the hand,
The boat rushes further
On the morning river,
The boat rushes further
On the morning river.
Our path does not end,
The river's space is vast,
And a fair breeze
Drives the boat forward,
And a fair breeze
Drives the boat forward.