Ваше благородие, госпожа разлука [Vashe blagorodie, gospozha razluka] [English translation]

Your Honour, Lady Farewell,

You and I are longtime friends, that's how it goes.

Wait, don't tear the letter in the envelope.

I'm unlucky in death, will be lucky in love.

Your Honour, Lady Luck,

To some you are kind, to some otherwise.

Wait, don't call for the 9 grams1 into the heart.

I'm unlucky in death, will be lucky in love.

Your Honour, Lady Foreign Land,

You embraced me tightly, but didn't love.

Wait, don't trap me in your caressing net.

I'm unlucky in death, will be lucky in love.

Your Honour, Lady Victory,

I guess my song isn't over yet2.

Stop, you devils, swearing oaths of blood!

I'm unlucky in death, will be lucky in love.

1. A bullet2. Russian idiom meaning "my number isn't up yet".

• Artist:Bulat Okudzhava
• Album:Песня Верещагина из к/ф "Белое солнце пустыни"