Shakuhachi

Why does he howl:
Hopelessly, ceaselessly
Tearing, tearing things to pieces
And not shutting up?
Plug the ears;
Shut up the heart, yet still no result,
This sky is in camouflage
And no one can see who is screaming.

And no one can see who is screaming.


Why is everything so empty?
Bumped into, robbed,  our cohesion knocked down,
Those who are alive cannot repair.
Why is it so disgusting?
And what to do, drink a glass,
Take a knife, brother on brother;
This thread was cut off.

This thread was cut off.

If I'd known how to live differently
I would go myself out of the door;
Play for us shogun
On the shakuhachi
And my brothers and I will sing along.

What about the horizon?
The horizon is not visible here
What stood was burned down
What is gone is not here anymore;
What shall we do?
And those who are in power, couldn't care less,
We were written off as waste
Code signs "black raven",
Goodbye the world ...

Goodbye the world.

I wanted to get to heaven, without surrender,
But it turned out to be a muzzle in an eye;
Play for us shogun
On the shakuhachi
And my brothers and I will sing along.

перевод лирики к песне Б.Б. Гребенщикова «Сякухати»