Ya smotryu v kalendar', ya znayu, chto skoro zima.
Nasha ulitsa na glazakh menyaet tsveta.
Za reshetkoy zheltoy listvy ya vizhu ptits.
Moya dvadtsataya osen' svodit menya s uma.
Ya lyublyu etot gorod,
No zima zdes' slishkom dlinna.
Ya lyublyu etot gorod,
No zima zdes' slishkom temna.
Ya lyublyu etot gorod,
No tak strashno zdes' byt' odnomu,
I za krasivymi uzorami l'da
Mertva chistota okna.
Fonari za oknom goryat pochti tselyy den'.
V eto vremya ya ne veryu glazam, ya veryu chasam.
I teper' ya zanyat tol'ko okhranoy tepla.
Vot ushel eshche god - skol'ko ostanetsya nam?
Ya lyublyu etot gorod,
No zima zdes' slishkom dlinna.
Ya lyublyu etot gorod,
No zima zdes' slishkom temna.
Ya lyublyu etot gorod,
No tak strashno zdes' byt' odnomu,
I za krasivymi uzorami l'da
Mertva chistota okna.
I look at the calendar, and I know that winter's coming,
I see how the colours are changing on our streets,
I see the birds through the trellis of yellow leaves,
My twentieth autumn is driving me crazy...
I love this city,
But the winter here's too long,
I love this city,
But the winter here's too dark,
I love this city,
But it's so terrible to be here alone,
And behind the beautiful patterns of ice,
The window's lost it's purity...
The lights behind the window shine for almost the whole day,
During this time I don't believe my eyes, I just trust my clock,
And now I'm just trying to stay warm,
Another year's just passed - how many are left?
I love this city,
But the winter here's too long,
I love this city,
But the winter here's too dark,
I love this city,
But it's so terrible to be here alone,
And behind the beautiful patterns of ice,
The window's lost it's purity...