Утопленник [Utoplennik] [English translation]

Everything is so quiet and dark under water

There is only algae and sand around

I step on silt with my foot

And sing that slow rock

My chest is ripping from sadness and pain

I am chewing with my teeth on rushes

I cut my hands on shells

But there isn’t a soul around

O-o-o-o, o-o I’m a drowned man!

O-o-o-o, o-o I’m a drowned man!

Only silent fish are with me

Slowly swimming in the ocean depths

Only lobsters on the bottom digging burrows

I will wave at them with my blue arm

I wish I could find a sea girlfriend

So I could swim with her in the night

Otherwise I will be sad

Quietly here, it makes me want to release a howling scream

O-o-o-o, o-o I’m a drowned man!

O-o-o-o, o-o I’m a drowned man!

So what if I am puffy and smell a little?

And so what if my face is blue?

I am just like before, I can love many

Even though I look like I’m dead

I will collect water lilies in the swamp

I will give them to a mermaid

And let her lay her caviar

I will conquer her

O-o-o-o, o-o I’m a drowned man!

O-o-o-o, o-o I’m a drowned man!

And when the moon will light the river

I will lie with the mermaid on the bottom

And I will press against a green body

I want one thing from her

I will spend all night with her on the silt

And in the morning, I will give her a lily

So she would swim the hell away

O-o-o-o, o-o I’m a drowned man!

O-o-o-o, o-o I’m a drowned man!

• Artist:Sektor Gaza