Чёрная кошка [Chyornaya koshka] [English translation]

You've changed a lot.

I knew you as a little girl:

Two black pigtails, thin little legs.

And who could have thought

That the kitten would

Grow up to be a beautiful wild black cat?

Silky to the touch,

You're still a predator.

"Hey! Hands off!" you say.

Playboys and actors

Try in vain,

They can never tame the black cat...

The black cat is the most dangerous thing there could be

For someone superstitious.

Cats grate on the nerves

Of old Don Juans.

If this black beauty

Happens to cross your way

With her supple gait,

Ring the alarm, my friend...

No one of them saw

You crying at night,

And there is people's word of mouth about you

That you always

Bring misfortune to men

And women scream, "You're a chatte fatale!"

Silky to the touch,

You're still a predator.

"Hey! Hands off!" you say.

Playboys and actors

Try in vain,

They can never tame the black cat...

The black cat is the most dangerous thing there could be

For someone superstitious.

Cats grate on the nerves

Of old Don Juans.

If this black beauty

Happens to cross your way

With her supple gait,

Ring the alarm, my friend...

The black cat is the most dangerous thing there could be

For someone superstitious.

Cats grate on the nerves

Of old Don Juans.

• Artist:Valery Meladze
• Album:Самба белого мотылька (1998)