Текст песни Михаил Щербаков - Спит Гавана, спят Афины

LULLABY
Sleep Havana, sleep Athens,
autumn flowers are asleep.
In the Black Sea dolphins sleep,
in the White Sea whales sleep.
And a lined dog
lay down under a sleepy bush,
and the dog dreams of the signs of the Zodiac,
sweetish to the taste.

     Ta-ra-ram-pa, the ramp goes out,
     the lamp at the gate goes out.
     The day goes away, the night comes,
     everything passes, everything will pass.
     The path is not long, not short,
     whistling of the tape, the smell of vodka,
     a short overnight stay,
     creaking pines of ships,
     sobs of songs of lullabies,
     distant shore, last century ...

And the fog hanging hot
on blind lanterns.
And the singer sings the wandering
about distant islands,
about the mazurikah,
about the Bukhara tea house,
and porters,
and a little about me.

     And that someone is wandering around,
     seeking happiness - will not find,
     and that everything passes,
     everything passes, everything will pass ...
     The age passed; we are still the same.
     The night passed, the passer-by passed,
     the traveler went on limping,
     the singer died, the dog left ...
     Only the signs of the Zodiac
     yes rain fringe.

The night goes away, the day comes,
everything passes, everything passes ...

1982