Rakovina [English translation]

You can hear the voices of forensic experts,

and fallen angels,

You can hear screams of famous elders

from the advertisements.

And the spring is shuffling cards in deck,

for the old ones,

it is hard to breathe,

and there is red on the traffic lights.

In this spring the leafs are getting yellow,

and snow falls on the flowers.

And the horror walks around with a lute,

and a daisy wreath.

[2x The string are missing on that lute,

and the creature without face,

with a claws of predator, and mouth of a fish,

is braying from the altar:]

that the crazy loonies

are today hanging on the gallows,

today they murdered the king.

Long lives the king!

They made him a nice funeral,

and we can go on

They have executed the king today.

Long lives the king!

As the sound of cow's bells

is the voice from the pamphlets

We can reach the end,

be a crowd of Hamlets

[2x Everybody can be his personal policeman [1]

that can silence a lot,

and we cannot wipe away the slaked lime [2]

if it is stuck to the souls.]

Night came. Inside they are playing

a few new premieres

As in the last year, the cherries are ripening

and a dog barks.

And again the birds will fly -

towards the sun! Blindly!

But this summer is going around with a flute,

and it checks on the pulse.

And the crazy loonies

are hanging on the gallows,

today they murdered the king.

Long lives the king!

They made him a nice funeral,

and we can go on

They have executed the king today.

Long lives the king!

It is known whose fault is this,

this strange play with skeletons,

she is named Cancer [3]

and smells of aster flowers [4]

The horse is running without the bit,

and the smoke stings in the eyes.

We are playing on the rules,

and the plate will skip

will skip

will skip...

• Artist:Karel Kryl
• Album:Rakovina