Атас [Atas] [English translation]

Gleb Zheglóv and Volódya Sharápov1

Will stay late at the desk not in vain,

Gleb Zheglov and Volodya Sharapov

On a hunt for the gang’s headman.

More than ever the raspberries2 flourish,

All those pests have been growing thick skins.

Bread's in shortage, but lots of shoe polish,

Only scoffs for Hunchback, the kingpin.

Atas!3Cheer, cheer up, the working class!

Atas! Go, boys and dance, go love the gals!

Atas! Today they will remember us.

Raspberry berry, Atas!

Atas! Atas! Atas! Atas! Atas!

Till the morning the room will be lighted,

Gleb Zheglov and Volodya won’t sleep.

The notorious gang, the Black Kitty,

Should be scared of guys that dig deep.

Gleb Zheglov and Volodya Sharapov

Earned their medals for valor in war.

After peaceful day spent doing labour

Rest assured, the beloved homeland.

1. Main characters of Soviet mini-series "The Meeting Place Cannot Be Changed", two detectives from the famous MUR (Moscow Department of Criminal Investigations). Captain Zheglov was played by a nation's favorite poet and songwriter Vladimir Vysotsky, who died at age of 42 less than a year after the film's release.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Meeting_Place_Cannot_Be_Changed2. Russian criminal slang for the gang's meeting place, a den.3. Slang, crim. slang for danger warning. Used by gang members left on look-out for cops, to warn gang members involved in the active crime (burglary, break-in, etc).

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