Мэджик No matter

No matter how much we chase after knowledge,
We will never be able to get rid of our vices
We want to look behind the fabric of the universe,
So that we can take whatever we like from it

We are not ashamed of our greed or our stupidity
Our flesh is weak, and we always seek comfort
Once we have betrayed someone, we keep repeating the same thing I'm sorry
But once we have offended someone, we don't want to wait for forgiveness

Our thoughts are always gray and pale
A man has become a rag doll
Looking askance, dissatisfied and harmful
Like sheep, in search of grass withered

It's all, alas, solid allegories
And always changed at once the system of values
Unnoticed we change the course of history
Dissolve in the background of the world of transience
And the world cracked in two - everyone sang 20 years ago
And the cart is still there, no one is right or wrong
You'll die, you'll start all over again, wrote Sasha Blok once
And the grayness of everyday life hasn't disappeared, this is a life lesson

I write, I sing, I read, I build
I guess, I paint, I lift weights
Even if you master a hundred professions,
You'll still go down

It's not because you're lazy,
Or because God didn't give you any brains
But because your health
Doesn't have an unlimited supply, and don't argue with me

Because we were all taught once that God was patient and told us to be patient
Years have passed, everyone has forgotten, and the land has been redistributed
Russia's punishing hand will assign everyone their place
And the chronicles of Europe will begin anew