О холодах [O kholodakh] [English translation]

I was trying to force a closed door open,

I was laughing and crying…

I was yelling at the walls, "What is going to happen now?

Snowstorm is sewing a shroud outside,

A good man won't throw a dog into the open,

Into the steppe in such a weather!"

Houses were growing around me,

Shadowing half a sky.

I went crazy being so helpless,

And broke my guitar into two,

Then I came to my senses, but it was too late,

It was lost in winter snow…

Refrain:

It's cold, it's cold…

I can freeze to death, open the door.

Cover the frosty expanse

In gentle canopy,

Return me my youth, don't destroy me.

It's cold, it's cold…

I was pulling my chilled fingers…

My head was falling onto my chest.

Then I thought I was dreaming…

Since I saw spring…

I wanted to kiss a cross

And pull a blanket of earth over me.

Refrain:

It's cold, it's cold…

I can freeze to death, open the door.

Cover the frosty expanse

In gentle canopy,

Return me my youth, don't destroy me.

It's cold, it's cold…

I kept knocking at the door, and when finally they opened the door for me

Standing there in heavy contemplation,

All the relatives gathered around me,

And my most loyal friend came too,

And all of a sudden I realized lying in the circle of his luminous arms

That I died.

• Artist:Alexander Rozenbaum
• Album:Друг OST (1987)