Just on time - one can't be late arriving at God's quarters! Why do the angels over there sound like some nasty mortals? Or, perhaps, it's just a sleigh-bell that's gone mad and burst out sobbing, Or it's me shouting at my steeds to slow down my sled from dashing.
Slow down a bit my horses, slow down, please! Don't take orders from my whip and thong! But the horses -- just my luck! -- are so hard to please! Neither lived I so long, nor will I finish this song... I will let horses drink, I'll complete this refrain, Just a little bit more I will stay on the brink...
But the horses -- just my luck! -- are so hard to please! Neither lived I so long, nor will I finish this song... I will let horses drink, I'll complete this refrain, Just a little bit more I will stay on the brink... I will vanish from the Earth, swept by a storm like fluffy feather; At a gallop, in the morning by the snow they'll drag me over Can't you please prolong my journey to the end of my tether? Can't you ease your dash, my horses, carry on a little slower?
By the cliff, along the precipice, right over deadly ground, With the whip, I strike my steeds; strike them hard to urge them forward. I am getting short on air, gulp the haze, drink the wind, yet With a fatal rapture, sensing: I am done for, I am done for! Slow down a bit my horses, slow down, please! Don't you listen to my stinging thong!
@ioet not that i know of, she just liked him and shared the video with her fans via her fb account.
and @ILostMyBonnie , no one's comparing Regina with Mr. Vysotsky. she, being russian, shared an artist whom, i'm guessing, she admires, with the rest of us. I can't speak for others, but otherwise I might have never listened to him if it hadn't been for Regina's post. So, cheers!
too bad he died so young. Was reading that the soviet government wouldn't jail him or anything like that because he had such a strong underground following.
Unbelievably Awesome. So much strength, spirit, intelligence. artistic skills. Great artist. Absolutely.
soledemina11 16 hours ago
the best!!!
garnigexard 1 week ago
what a talent this man has
wayne4012 1 month ago
i vsjo-taki etu pesnju,SVOJU pesnju,mozhet ispolnjat' tol'ko V.Vysocky.Bol'she nikto.Vot imenno ETU pesnju.Nikto ejo TAK ne ispolnit NIKOGDA.
MrOuiouiouiouioui 3 months ago
who's regina?
Quex01 3 months ago 9
ONE OF THE GREATEST AUTHOR OF ALL TIME. THIS SONG IS SPECIALLY AMAZING!!!!
verobinful 4 months ago 5
I actually heard him for the first time from the movie 'White nights'. My mother was a big fan of his as well
Chulaan 5 months ago
trully poignant
baronffreak 6 months ago 2
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verobinful 7 months ago in playlist Vladimir Высоцкий
Regina did it again, hahaaaaah!
GoRonski32 9 months ago
Just on time - one can't be late arriving at God's quarters! Why do the angels over there sound like some nasty mortals? Or, perhaps, it's just a sleigh-bell that's gone mad and burst out sobbing, Or it's me shouting at my steeds to slow down my sled from dashing.
etvivianus 9 months ago 4
Slow down a bit my horses, slow down, please! Don't take orders from my whip and thong! But the horses -- just my luck! -- are so hard to please! Neither lived I so long, nor will I finish this song... I will let horses drink, I'll complete this refrain, Just a little bit more I will stay on the brink...
etvivianus 9 months ago 3
But the horses -- just my luck! -- are so hard to please! Neither lived I so long, nor will I finish this song... I will let horses drink, I'll complete this refrain, Just a little bit more I will stay on the brink... I will vanish from the Earth, swept by a storm like fluffy feather; At a gallop, in the morning by the snow they'll drag me over Can't you please prolong my journey to the end of my tether? Can't you ease your dash, my horses, carry on a little slower?
etvivianus 9 months ago 3
By the cliff, along the precipice, right over deadly ground, With the whip, I strike my steeds; strike them hard to urge them forward. I am getting short on air, gulp the haze, drink the wind, yet With a fatal rapture, sensing: I am done for, I am done for! Slow down a bit my horses, slow down, please! Don't you listen to my stinging thong!
etvivianus 9 months ago 4
Great song! thank's Regina, you got a good taste in music
karaiapua 9 months ago
Nice one Regina!
liampettit 9 months ago
The Russian SRV! ;D
JanzuS 9 months ago
thumbs up if the lovely Regina Spektor sent you here!
Mithrohir 9 months ago 34
@Mithrohir
Fuck that. Regina Spektor can't touch him.
ILostMyBonnie 7 months ago 11
@Mithrohir did she cover this?
ioet 6 months ago
@ioet not that i know of, she just liked him and shared the video with her fans via her fb account.
and @ILostMyBonnie , no one's comparing Regina with Mr. Vysotsky. she, being russian, shared an artist whom, i'm guessing, she admires, with the rest of us. I can't speak for others, but otherwise I might have never listened to him if it hadn't been for Regina's post. So, cheers!
Mithrohir 6 months ago
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renovatio1988 5 months ago
Translation please!
BigBrotherHal2001 9 months ago
Da eto Visotsky, klass!
dmitrit81 10 months ago
Genial!! Merveilleux!! Great!!
colecita 11 months ago
He IS the Best!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Sarinenoeme 11 months ago 2
HE WAS THE BEST
odessit46 11 months ago 2
I don't understand the lyrics but sounds great.
rlmarco 1 year ago 2
lindo!
xjulianox 1 year ago
są poeci, których nikt nie zastąpi... może gdyby nie tragiczny los i czasy, w których żył nie byłby tak wielki... pamiętam
renka0071 1 year ago
1:55 his guitar asks for pity
BeboRock91 1 year ago
eh volodya, volodya...
Ingush79 1 year ago
Этой песней Высотский прощался с творчеством, со своими планами,с жизнью...Ужасная драма.
Yuriy21 2 years ago
suuuupeeeer
voloda790105 3 years ago
тежолая песня!
vansgood 3 years ago
d( ̄◇ ̄)b good!
lotus76222 3 years ago
tema... tema...
Ilanovic7 3 years ago
absolutely brilliant! the quintessential russian.
throbgristle 3 years ago 2
beginning translation: Along the chasm's edge, upon the precipice's brink
I urge my horses onward, I coerce them whiplash flying.
I'm somehow short of breath, I gulp the air, the wind I drink...
I'm gripped with mortal ecstasy: I'm dying, oh, I'm dying!
velmaanne 3 years ago
prosto super!!!!!!!!!
Cleopatra0808 4 years ago 20
too bad he died so young. Was reading that the soviet government wouldn't jail him or anything like that because he had such a strong underground following.
rickzowie 4 years ago
similar to Arik Einstein! Good! :)
kemalista 4 years ago
Володя, 4ever!!!!
strekozax 4 years ago 9
Fantastic!
12IW19 4 years ago