Lyrics and translation ДДТ - Aktrisa Vesna

Aktrisa Vesna

Aktrisa Vesna posle tiazhkoj bolezni snova na stsene.
Legkim dvizhen'em vsporkhnuv na podmostki ottaiavshikh krysh,
Chitaet balet o koshmarnoj liubvi i prekrasnoj izmene,
Tantsuet stikhi o kovarstve geroev i vernosti krys.
Ovatsii ulits raskrasili gorod sviashchennym zelenym.
Ot ehtoj molitvy obrushilos' nebo lavinoj tepla,
Nesmolkaemyj bis ploshchadej zasirenil galerki vliublennykh,
V zalatannykh frakakh fasadov zapolnili parter doma.
Pripev:
Aktrisa Vesna,
Aktrisa Vesna,
Pozvol' nam dozhit',
Pozvol' nam dopet'
Do vesny...
Solntse-gensek musolit lornet v imperatorskoj lozhe,
Mrachno vorchit o rasshatannykh nervakh, chto gret' ne rezon,
Pripodnimaet za podborodki ulybki prokhozhikh,
I, krestias', otkryvaet sem'desiat piatyj teatral'nyj sezon.

Actress Spring

Actress Spring, after a serious illness, is back on stage again.
With a light movement, she flutters onto the platform of thawed roofs,
Recites a ballet about nightmarish love and beautiful betrayal,
Dances verses about the treachery of heroes and the loyalty of rats.
Standing ovations of the streets have painted the city a sacred green.
From this prayer, the sky has collapsed in an avalanche of warmth,
An endless encore with the square has filled the galleries with lovers,
In patched frock coats of facades, the houses have filled the stalls.
Chorus:
Actress Spring,
Actress Spring,
Let us live to see,
Let us sing until
Spring...
The sun-gendarme chews his lorgnette in the imperial box,
Gloomily grumbles about shattered nerves, that it's not the season to warm,
Lifts the smiles of passers-by by their chins,
And, crossing himself, opens the seventy-fifth theatrical season.