The Answer (Vot otvet) Thom Moore - with lyrics

Landscape was spread with snow—
rain came sluicing, low:
wish her heart the same, my tears the rain,
to sweep away "no."
Heart the same, tears that rain:
sweep away "no."
"Tell me what do you want?
Why lead me on?"
Oh, she's asking me, artlessly,
where my will has gone.
Artlessly asking me,
"Where has it gone?"
Vot otvet, tebya lyublyu--
vot, chto ya khochu:
sheyu beluyu tselovat' tvoyu
lebedinuyu.
Sheyu beluyu tselovat' tvoyu
lebedinuyu.

Here's a view of what will be—
I'll speak, and you'll see:
my arms around a swan-girl, frowning—
pity, love, on me.
Arms around a swan-girl:
frown, but pity me.
Vot otvet, tebya lyublyu--
vot, chto ya khochu:
obnimat' tvoyu krasotu
lebedinuyu.
Beluyu krasotu
lebedinuyu.
©1991 Thom Moore, reg. IMRO, MCPS

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Music

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• Vot otvet
• Gorgeous & Bright

[Batso17x]

On the surface, it has nothing to do with Vysotsky. But I can't help but wonder what he would say about it. It's not an angry song like many of his are - or is that just my cultural bias getting in the way. But like many of Vysotsky's best songs, it is filled with emotion. Thanks for viewing and commenting!

[bernadette607]

I Love it.....

[hendecady]

Видно, что это относится не к Высоцкому, а к переводам его песней на английски. Если переводчик действительно знает петь и по-английски, и по- русски ... даже пишет частично песни по-русски ... значит хороши или нет, эти переводы с экспертизом сделаны. Вот и все. Переводы, кроме того, не только лирик а также музыки ... как надо, чтобы быть понятным англоговорящим.

[ThySentinel]

This is a good song, but what does it have to do with Vysotsky?