Your Majesty
From the movie White Desert Sun - words by B. Okudzhava, music by Isaac Schwartz
Your most gracious majesty, Lady Separation,
Your embrace is cold as ice, that’s the situation.
Send my letter flying like a wounded dove.
Unlucky in dying, better luck in love.
Your most gracious majesty, Lady of Blue Yonder,
You will never take me home, only make me wander.
I’m a helpless fly in your soft velvet glove.
Unlucky in dying, better luck in love.
Your most gracious majesty, Lady Luck, my precious,
Some are kindled by your flames, other turn to ashes.
Now the chips are down, I am calling your bluff.
Unlucky in dying, better luck in love.
Your most gracious majesty, Lady of Salvation,
So the game’s not over yet, and that’s the situation.
The Hounds of Hell are crying - hold on, call them off!
Unlucky in dying, better luck in love.
Comments
Михаил Пиевский
December 6, 2009 at 6:20 am
Буду краток.
Это талантливо.
Миша
ЗЫ Гостил я у вас на Островидова в далеком детстве и мы тайком курили во дворе. А линк сбросил мне Саша из Самары
George Adamowicz
January 16, 2010 at 8:33 am
Your wonderful translations have brought to life for me songs that I am familiar with in the original, having heard them sung by Okudhava, Lastik and Vissotsky. My wife has translated this song, and Vissotsky’s Dvye Gitary and “The Prayer of Francois Villon” many time for me over the years. But hearing you do it with your translated lyrics I finally understand and feel the music and the genius of thos Rissuan bards.
Thank you.
ILIYA
May 18, 2010 at 5:30 pm
Отличный перевод.
Гораздо ближе к оригиналу чем субтитры к фильму.
admin
May 18, 2010 at 10:55 pm
I’ll take that as a compliment, thanks
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