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Арефьева и Ковчег, "Панихида по апрелю" в переводе на английский:
Requiem for april was held on september.
Trams were crying on railway curves.
Into mugs we were pouring funeral service.
We felt crowded being apart,
And we felt empty being together.
That's how it was in september.
(Repeat:) In september...
Requiem for funeral feast, requiem after funeral feast.
We had communion bread halves from the night Eucharist.
It was Eucharist by love, it was baptism by blood.
It was water that gave us forgiveness.
From that - and to the joy of new life.
That's how it was in september.
(Repeat:) In september...
Oh Lord! Rest this past year of us.
We were breathing through our heart,
We made a lot of mistakes.
We were giving overselves to pride,
We were giving our riches out to beggars.
We were talking a lot, but it was not to the point,
And it didn't really matter.
That's how it was in september.
(Repeat:) In september...
We were loving with our eyes,
And our eyes were innocent.
Our songs were angry,
And our ways were inscrutable.
We carried the revolution of bitter childhood,
And we were singing A major mass instead of a march.
That's how it was in september.
(Repeat:) In september...
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We wanted to love everyone and to dance at the squares.
We wanted to die at the moment of ecstasy, right after the "Amen".
It was so painful to cry for the days past,
We were throwing rocks and flowers alternately at passersby.
That's how it was in september.
(Repeat:) In september...