Куртец [Kurtets] [English translation]

One of these days I've decided to sort through the closet in my crib,

To throw all the trash the fuck away - and then here it is:

In a pocket of an old black leather jacket,

I find a matchbox full of the killing weed from Chuy.1

Last time this jacket was worn was in '94 at the scuffle.

That dickhead pierced my chest with something sharp,

And I fucking broke that nit's knee.

After those greetings, a harsh brawl began.

But let's not talk about atrocity - the main thing's everything's fucking great and I'm here.

The jacket's ragged a little higher where the heart is, like in movies

And its pad is still covered with black blood.

But it's fucking awesome that there's like a door to the past in the bottom of the pocket.

The full matchbox2 of that very weed laid low.

That very one, after which even the brainiest ones were left with no brains,

That very one, after which even the chattiest ones became silent as the grave,

That very one, after which even the most proficient ones laughed their asses off at nonsense.

I remember taking this matchbox from mutes3 at the VDNKh4

To vent my inner evil demons a little bit after the scuffle.

Everything hadn't gone really smoothly, the summer was spent in the hospital,

The matchbox with chuy was forgotten, as well as other stashes.

There's only one half of the matchbox left,

And I'll say only one thing: fuck all these haze-schmaze and amnesia5 in concert.

It's not that shit that youngsters 6 grow under the artificial light now.

It was done by hoary men in the Chuy Valley in sultry summer.

At Cannabis Cup,7 such stuff haven't been smoked in the whole history of Cannabis Cup.

Well, that was right, otherwise God forbid “puff-puff”8 would be banned even there.

And I and my mate 've overwhelmed stacks of people with the only matchbox.9

With whom only we haven't not smoked it, and everyone's said the same.

Actually, rather did not “say” - for a while, they did not say anything.

They were gasping for air with their dry lips,

Moving red whites of their eyes in a muddle.

And when they came to themselves a little, they became fucking thunderstruck, were growing numb, mooing, shaking their heads, growing numb again.

And how many inexplicable things happened to us when we were on it?

Even Scully and Mulder10 would never sort it out in their whole lives.

I remember coming to the gypsies one day at a serious wrangle.

I lit a reefer11, gypsies made a mound12.

Eventually, we haggled badass, without any words.

Silent agreement appeared inside our heads all alone.

These jacket and weed 've arisen my nostalgic feelings.

Things we fucking did was the real art.

And now dull shame's around - only snivels and whimpers,

Not that ringing sounds of life thereat: yells, curses, wails.

I made another puff, and for some reasons, suddenly felt like going back.

Oh my God, shit, how nice it was to live during those times!

I'll probably throw it all away, but leave the jacket to remember this all by.

I'll finish the last one, lean back in my armchair and imagine my happy old age.

1. Chuy Valley is a large valley located in Kyrgyzstan and Kazakhstan (Post-Soviet countries). It is known for cannabis that grow wild here, which is called "chuika" or just "chuy" (hereinafter)2. marijuana is often kept and spread in matchboxes, so that they've become a peculiar unit of it (3-4 grams). They are also often called “ships” in Russian, like in this song3. mute people were considered to be the best distributors of illegal products4. Vystavka Dostizheniy Narodnogo Khozyaystva (Exhibition of Achievements of National Economy) is a trade show and amusement park in Moscow5. marijuana cultivars6. beginners at drug trafficking7. annual world's bigest cannabis festival where different marijuana varieties are sampled and chosen as the best ones8. act of smoking weed9. amount from one “matchbox” is enough to get stoned even for a big number of people at once10. main characters from “The X-Files”, TV series about paranormal phenomena11. a collar of weed12. of powder drugs (cocaine, heroin, etc)

• Artist:Krovostok