Thread: Heard this in a song...

I was listening to a song when I heard some russian lyrics. I only know some russsian words but not enough to translate this, so could someone please try to translate it for me? Thanks.

Nikogda nichego
Nichego ne nachat
Nikogda nikogo
Umirat i molchat
Ne iskat, ne lyubit
Ne zhalet, i ne spat
Nikogda, nikuda
Nikogo ne puskat
Ne vdvoem I ubem
Ihm prisnitsya voda
Ne tvoe, ne moe
Provoda, provoda
Geroin, pulsa net
Tolko ty ne pri chem
Abonent otklyuchen

Never Nothing
Nothing Starts
Never Nobody
Die and Fall Silent
Don't Search don't Love
Don't Complain and don't Sleep
Never to Nowhere
Don't let Anyone Pass
Not together and we Kill
They Dream about Water
Not yours, not mine
of a Cable of a Cable (????)
a Hero, no Pulse
Only, it's not about You
The subscriber has disconnected the service

The provoda thing sounds weird. it isn't pro voda, that would have to be pro vodu... provod is a cable... help on this one?

Originally Posted by kalinka_vinnie

Don't Complain and don't Sleep

Don't be sorry and don't sleep

of a Cable of a Cable (????)

"провода провода" means never-ending wires (in the sense "overhead wires") or "wires all around"

a Hero, no Pulse

Heroine(narcotic), no pulse

Originally Posted by kalinka_vinnie

Never Nothing
Nothing Starts
Never Nobody
Die and Fall Silent
Don't Search don't Love
Don't Complain and don't Sleep
Never to Nowhere
Don't let Anyone Pass
Not together and we Kill
They Dream about Water
Not yours, not mine
of a Cable of a Cable (????)
a Hero, no Pulse
Only, it's not about You
The subscriber has disconnected the service

The provoda thing sounds weird. it isn't pro voda, that would have to be pro vodu... provod is a cable... help on this one?

That's a bad translation, since it doesn't make sense in English.

E.g. Nikogda nikogo
Umirat i molchat

Means: Nobody ever die or be silent.

This is from the t.A.T.u. song Stars or Зачем я

Here are the lyrics of the Russian version:

Зачем я

Cкажи, зачем я жду звонка.
Зачем немые облака
Плывут ко мне издалека и тают.
Зачем любовь коснулась нас,
Зачем я плачу в первый раз,
Зачем хочу тебя сейчас не знаю.

[Rap:]
Я звезда, ты звезда.
Нас приказано сжечь.
Кто-то сдал и достал
Адреса наших встреч.
Потолки по глазам
И никто не найдет.
Соскользнут голоса,
И сломается лед.
И ничья без ключа,
И могила постель.
И пора выключать,
И они на хвосте.
Улыбнись, развяжи,
Занавесь зеркала.
Разорви и скажи,
Умерла, умерла.
Замыкай и л.?.жи.
Становись никакой.
И рука не дрожит.
Все в порядке с рукой.
Можно мстить.
2 х 2.
На такси и соси,
А простить никогда,
Никогда не проси.
Хорошо, хорошо.
Я придумала месть.
Порошок все что есть.
Умножаю на шесть.
Не звони, не звони.
Я устала, я устала.
Я тебя не хочу,
Ты меня за***ла.

Cкажи, зачем я жду звонка.
Зачем немые облака
Плывут ко мне издалека и тают.
Зачем любовь коснулась нас,
Зачем я плачу в первый раз,
Зачем хочу тебя сейчас не знаю.

[Rap:]
Никогда ничего,
Ничего не начать.
Никогда никого,
Умирать и молчать.
Не искать, не любить,
Не жалеть и не спать.
Никогда, никуда
Никого не пускать.
Не вдвоем. И убьем.
Им приснится вода.
Не твое. Не мое.
Провода. Провода.
Героин. Пульса нет,
Только ты не при чем.
Абонент отключен...

Cкажи, зачем я жду звонка.
Зачем немые облака
Плывут ко мне издалека и тают.
Зачем любовь коснулась нас,
Зачем я плачу в первый раз,
Зачем хочу тебя сейчас не знаю.

Originally Posted by TATY

E.g. Nikogda nikogo
Umirat i molchat
Means: Nobody ever dies or is silent.

I humbly disagree with you!

umirat and molchat looks imperfective infinitive to me.

Your translation would have to be
Никогда никого НЕ умираЕТ и молчИТ

Note that "never" makes it imperfective

Edit: oh I see you edited your post
And with the lyrics you posted, my translation isn't that bad. Just thanks to Friendy, for correcting me!

Originally Posted by kalinka_vinnie

Originally Posted by TATY

E.g. Nikogda nikogo
Umirat i molchat
Means: Nobody ever dies or is silent.

I humbly disagree with you!

umirat and molchat looks imperfective infinitive to me.

Your translation would have to be
Никогда никого НЕ умираЕТ и молчИТ

Note that "never" makes it imperfective

And with the lyrics you posted, my translation isn't that bad. Just thanks to Friendy, for correcting me!

Yes you're right.

What I meant was, say you see this: [These are lines from another TATY song]

Никто ничего
никогда не поймёт

It does not translate as:

Nobody nothing
never will understand

It's translates as:
Nobody will ever understand anything.

What I'm saying is, when you translate poetry or songs, you don't have to keep to the same line structure.

Originally Posted by TATY

Никто ничего
никогда не поймёт

Nobody will ever understand anything.

I agree, but with this TATU lyrics, the "sentences" don't make sense since the verbs are in infinitive

Никогда никого,
умирать и молчать.

Ooh... maybe it is better translated to:

Nobody is ever there, (as in Никого нет, that's why никто is not used)
to die and to be silent. (I still like fall silent better, but that is замолчать)

умирать is the impefective of умереть - to die. Which means умирать is a PROCESS, not the actual result, so it should be thought of "to be dying", but that sounds strange and maybe is better simply as "dying" which would require a sentence structure change:

Nobody is ever there,
dying and being silent

What do you think?

Infinitives can be Imperatives:

Не курить = No smoking

That didn't help much did it?

Originally Posted by kalinka_vinnie

Nobody is ever there, (as in Никого нет, that's why никто is not used)
to die and to be silent. (I still like fall silent better, but that is замолчать)

I checked some translation of the song and this seems right.x


For evermore, there is nothing
There is nothing to start
No one is ever there
There to die, silence to keep

Not to search, not to love
No regret and no sleep
For evermore, anywhere
No one shall ever be released

Great, can you post the translated lyrics?

Why do I

explain why do i wait for call
why mute clouds from far away
come here to melt same day
why love has touched us in this way
why do i cry for the first time
why do i want you here to stay
i dont know

im a star and your a star
and we are to burn
someone gave and they repeat
places where we meet

eyes on the ceelings
nothing to find
voices will shake
and ice will break

no gain without keys
sleep and silence keep
we are off not to find
and theyre hanging behind

but just smile and untie
cover mirrors away
rip apart and then say
i am dead i am dead

now connect and then lick
become noone and sick
now your hand does not shake
yes the hand is ok
to fight back
easy as two times two
jump in cab and then blow
never beg never go
all is good all is right
now i know how to fight

here are things, how to fix
all of that is times six
but dont call and dont fall
i am tired i am tired
i dont want you at all
you fucked me off the wall

explain why do i wait for call
why silent clouds from far away
come here to dissapear same day
why love has touched us in this way
why do i cry for the first time
why do i want you here to stay
i dont know

nevermore nothing there
nothing there is to start
never noone is there
are to die, silence keep
not to search not to love
no regret and no sleep
nevermore and nowhere
noone shall ever be released
not to gether, to kill
water dreams they to feel
but not mine and not yours
wires here wires there
heroin, pulse is gone
but you are not to blame
only phone that is off

How would you translate "Ты меня за***ала"?
Literally it would be "You f*cked me" (until you were blue in the face)
But doesn't it also mean "You've bored me"

From my Russian slang book:

1. To f*** into stupefaction "в эту ночь, ты меня совсем ****ла"
2. To tire someone out "Ты меня ****ал своими вопросами"

I guess in this context, the latter is more accurate.

Please, watch your language. Next time TATY, kalinka_vinnie will be banned. See the Rule #3

Originally Posted by MasterAdmin

Please, watch your language. Next time TATY, kalinka_vinnie will be banned. See the Rule #3

It's only swearing. I don't see how people can be so up tight about swearing,

The swearing is not directed toward anybody and nobody is offended.
I dont think people should be banned for this, especially people who have contributed a lot to this forum.

I agree that learning to swear in Russian does not add too much to the value of learning the Russian language. So maybe we should keep the swear words to a minimum.

Originally Posted by kwatts59

The swearing is not directed toward anybody and nobody is offended.
I dont think people should be banned for this, especially people who have contributed a lot to this forum. ...

I second it.

Ban them all, I say!

I was only trying to explain the TATU lyrics... Curse those girls!

BTW, where are the rules located? Couldn't find them!