Lyube - Cop

Can someone please check my translation?

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Lyube - Cop

У мента и жены-то нет
И какая еще жена у мента
Если от роду двадцать лет
И вообще-то кругом - война
Он и вырос на той войне
И пришла ему масть не та.
Ох, не та

The cop and wife have not
And what still the cop has a wife
If about twenty years
And generally around - war
He and grows on that war
And there has come to him colour not that.
Oh, not that


И достала его в родной стране
Пуля-дура
А он матери так писал:
Ты же знаешь про все сама,
Мама.
Сколько раз ты меня берегла...
До свидания, мама

And she has got him in a native land
the Bullet-silly woman
And he wrote to mother:
You know about all,
Mom.
How many times you protected me...
Good bye, mom

И упал он заместо нас
Было мальчику двадцать лет
Эх, судьба
Не сложилась на этот раз
Он промедлил,

And has fallen заместо us
Were the boy of twenty years
Эх, the destiny
has not developed this time
he has delayed,

А снайпер - нет
Был пацан - и нет пацана
А жить бы ему до ста
И шапки - долой
И водку - до дна,
Когда хоронят мента.
Встать, когда хоронят бойца!

And the sniper - no
the boy was - and no boy
And to live as if to hundred
And cap - down with
And vodka - to the bottom
When bury the cop.
To rise, when bury the fighter

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Originally Posted by kwatts59

У мента и жены-то нет
И какая еще жена у мента
Если от роду двадцать лет
И вообще-то кругом - война
Он и вырос на той войне
И пришла ему масть не та.
Ох, не та

The cop and wife have not
And what still the cop has a wife
If about twenty years
And generally around - war
He and grows on that war
And there has come to him colour not that.
Oh, not that
...

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The cop doesn't even have a wife.
And why the cop does need a wife at all
if he's only 20 years old.
And there is a war all around.
He's grown up during that war.
And he got a card of a wrong suit <== he got ill-fated>
Oh, a wrong one.

Thanks DenisM

What does "родной стране" mean - I am guessing "native country" or "home country" since "родной брат" means something like "blood brother" or "kindred brother"

What does "Пуля-дура" mean?

It doesn't make sense, maybe he go shot by a silly bullet in the "родной стране" and is telling his mom good-bye.

Also, what do these words mean, they are not in my dictionary.
заместо = in place?
Эх = ???

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Originally Posted by kwatts59

What does "родной стране" mean...

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родная страна -a homeland

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What does "Пуля-дура" mean?

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There is a phrase "Пуля - дура, штык - молодец!", it came from 18 century when rifles rate of fire was low... now it is a set expression(i mean "устойчивое словосочетание") so translate it as just a bullet.

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Also, what do these words mean, they are not in my dictionary.
заместо = in place?

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заместо=вместо=instead of, in place of

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Эх = ???

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This is an interjection and expresses regret.

Is the following translation better?

И достала его в родной стране
Пуля-дура

And she got him in the homeland
the bullet
(i.e. he got shot)

И упал он заместо нас
Было мальчику двадцать лет
Эх, судьба
Не сложилась на этот раз
Он промедлил

And he has fallen in our place
the boy of 20 years
Alas, the destiny
has not happened this time
It was delayed

The last paragraph doesn't quite make sense to me.

А снайпер - нет
Был пацан - и нет пацана
А жить бы ему до ста
И - долой
И водку - до дна,
Когда хоронят мента.
Встать, когда хоронят бойца!

And the sniper - no
He was a boy - but not a boy
And he would have lived to 100
And down with the cap
And to the bottom of vodka
When burying the cop
Rise, when burying the fighter!

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Originally Posted by kwatts59

Is the following translation better?

И достала его в родной стране
Пуля-дура

And she got him in the homeland
the bullet
(i.e. he got shot)

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Is it correct "And the bullet got him in the homeland"?

Он промедлил
He was delayed
А снайпер - нет
But a sniper was not.
Был пацан - и нет пацана
There was a boy and now there was not(It was a boy and now he's gone)
А жить бы ему до ста
And he would have lived to 100
И - долой
????actually i cannot translate it properly - i cannot get it, "долой"(off, away, out of) makes no sence here, and there are not any hints. Maybe it would be better to say "That's all"?
И водку - до дна,
Drink off vodka
Когда хоронят мента.
When burying the cop
Встать, когда хоронят бойца!
Rise, when burying the fighter!

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Originally Posted by JJ

И - долой
????actually i cannot translate it properly - i cannot get it, "долой"(off, away, out of) makes no sence here, and there are not any hints. Maybe it would be better to say "That's all"?

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Ooops. Sorry about that JJ. I forgot a word
И шапки - долой
И водку - до дна,
Когда хоронят мента.
Встать, когда хоронят бойца!

And off with the cap,
and drink down the vodka
when burying the cop.
Rise, when burying the cop.

Thanks very much to all you nice people :-)

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Originally Posted by kwatts59

И шапки - долой
...
And off with the caps,

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Пуля-дура means something like this:
The bullet doesn't (and couldn't) know, how good/kind/etc you really are. It is just a silly, brainless piece of metal. It doesn't tell apart good people and bad people, it just knows how to kill.