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And, by the way, naturally I wondered why the door was painted with голубая краска -- as opposed to some other color. Three possible reasons:

(1) голубой fits the meter because it has three...

Deborski:

Apparently this was originally a 1923 poem by Михаил Кузмин. The original had an extra verse not included in your version of the song:


My attempt at a translation:

The gold on...