Любовь на века [Lubov na veka] [English translation]

The whole world is the way it is, being backstage.

All the boxes with secrets are open.

The text is written by hand, and the actors are without makeup.

And now I'm afraid that with the word "we"

I will be falling into small atoms.

It is strange, but that's the fact, though an inexplicable one.

I've heard there exists Love-for-ages,

but the cost of her1 is extremely high.

And everyone who dares, pays the full price.

Out of the blue she arrives by herself -

she tortures you, kills you and drives you crazy.

Isn't it the final scene of a tragedy?

And here they are, fifty of her brave warriors, selected in battles,

having conquered darkness and fear,

are hurrying to the parade.

And all of them are white-and-black,

clothed in a transparent mist.

And unwittingly I've found myself among them.

I've heard there exists Love-for-ages,

but the cost of her is extremely high.

And everyone who dares, pays the full price.

Out of the blue she comes like a thief -

breaks you, poisons you, shoots point-blank.

Isn't it the final scene of a tragedy?

...

I've heard there exists Love-for-ages,

but the cost of her is extremely high.

And everyone who dares, pays the full price.

Out of the blue she comes by herself -

she tortures you, kills you and drives you crazy.

Isn't it the final scene of a tragedy?

1. Personification; here and further love is meant, the word "love" being of feminine gender in the Russian language.

• Artist:Velvet (Russia)
• Album:Ближе нельзя (2013)