Моя страна сошла с ума [Moya strana soshla s uma] [English translation]

We don’t choose the country at birth,

And we can’t break this thread ever.

My country has gone off to war,

And I couldn’t stop it.

Some get power and pleasure,

Some get beggar’s bag and prison*,

And I can’t get over this pain:

My country has gone mad,

And I can’t help it at all.

And what is to be done,

When everything is upside down from now on.

One need not grow halo or feathers,

One just shouldn’t be a shit.

And I’m only sure in one thing:

It’s time to make a choice.

But if you’ve decided not to be a shit,

It’s easy both to live and to die,

It’s easy both to live and to die,

Both to live and not to die.

• Artist:Andrey Makarevich