Блюз о безусловном вреде пьянства [Bljuz o bezuslovnom vrede p'yanstva] [English translation]

I couldn't close my eyes,

I thought for a long time what will happen

If our people drink a little more

and what a great damage our country will suffer

from this vodka and wine.

A writer is on guard

He stands and doesn't worry

he is farsighted

and expresses his thoughts

His novel couldn't be as deep as it is

if the writer was drunk.

A worker at the machine

keeps watching with proud

his norm is high, his movings are confident

But in any case he couldn't be in his schedule

if he was drunk.

Collective farmer gathered wheat

and was told to be wacking

He didn't drink a drop at all

and was sober, of course

He couldn't understand where is a plough and where is a harrow

if he drank some wine.

And we have to realize

what we have to aim

at knowing for certain -

where to stop.

And if you realized, so give your glass here,

but do not get drunk!

• Artist:Mashina vremeni
• Album:Это было так давно...