Two guitars by firelight
Strummed by gypsies’ fingers
On a restless pale of night
Every memory lingers
They don’t know that deep in me
There’s a sadness burning
For my youth once wild and free
In her hands returning
[In Russian: 2x]
Эх, раз, ещё раз, ещё много, много раз.
Play now gypsies, play for me
Hide my inner voices
Tantalizing endlessly
Offering no choices
A heavy heart, but my head is light
And my legs are hollow
I will drink again tonight
And all the nights that follow
[In Russian: 2x]
Эх, раз, ещё раз, ещё много, много раз.
Let me laugh and let me sing
Let me drown my sorrow
Help me stop remembering
Give me back tomorrow
Come and let the good wine pour
Liquor makes me blameless
Give me more and more
Get me drunk and painless
[In Russian: 2x]
Эх, раз, ещё раз, ещё много, много раз.
Two guitars against my head
With their playing persistence
For all the futile days ahead
Full of vain existence
So, what is life, why live anyhow
Question your creator
We’re alive and living now
And dead a minute later
[In Russian: 2x]
Эх, раз, ещё раз, ещё много, много раз.
When you see my body drop
Break me all on waking
Then your two guitars can stop
Gypsy music making
Let me hear your haunting theme
For my soul demands it
Until I am too drunk to dream
Playing I command it
[In Russian: 2x]
Эх, раз, ещё раз, ещё много, много раз.