Саша [Sasha] [English translation]

Sasha enjoys reading,

[Reading] books of heroes and revenge.

Sasha wishes to be a hero.

And that is who he is.

He wears a hat,

With an ostrich plume

He takes a sword

And sheath's it to his hip. 1

Master of both word and blade,

He looks to his palm,

Where he came from afar,

And through the fire, he traveled.

Sasha duels,

For honor he guards,

Striking enemies with his sword,

He proposes the chat

He drives the bastards away,

Whipped, like cattle

Sasha takes the bastard's wealth,

and resends it to the peasants. 2

Master of both word and blade,

He looks to his palm,

Where he came from afar,

And through the fire, he traveled.

Women crave Sasha,

Sasha craves women, 3

And in the night, Sasha will clamber to women. 4

And then leaves in the morning.

Ladies in windows high-above

Drop flower petals,

For he is the fighter of justice,

And for his steps are light

Master of both word and blade,

He looks to his palm,

Where he came from afar,

And through the fire, he traveled.

He sings to the mandolin 5

He's handsome, like Appollo

Sasha can speak in Latin

Like Cicero. 6

He is unaware that,

there are boundaries he cannot cross

Sasha looks for a hunt

Killing the boars.

Master of both word and blade,

He looks to his palm,

Where he came from afar,

And through the fire, he traveled.

1. It says "hook" but you don't hook a friggin sword to your hip. Or so the mall ninjas tell me2. If you look at it this way, the "bastards" or "scoundrel" took the wealth from the poor, so of course, he is resending it.3. Hmm, a woman named Sasha falls in love with our male protagonist Sasha. What an interesting concept. It's like Aaron falling in love with Arin, it's more like Sam falling in love with Sam.4. No, I do not condone approaching a woman's house, throwing rocks at her window, then mount the terrace and climb to her bedroom. That's Shakspearian sexism to Victorian sexism. It's not cool. Stay at home, there's COVID-19 you should worry about as-well.5. A string instrument6. Cicero was a Roman politician and statesman. He made speaks and other oracles that he spoke. Here, the line is more along the lines that Sasha has Charisma and speaks easy to others.

• Artist:Kino
• Album:46 (1983)