Therefore, such being the case,
Leave me alone, I'm on sick leave!
You are ill. Well, never min'
Eat a frog, and you'll be fine.
Mother nature, as I heard,
's the best healer in the world!
You don't even think about
Cheating me an' fooling around!
You are wicked, so don't shirk,
Turn your wickedness to work!
If you don't do as you're told
I shall draw out my sword!
Though you're a friend of mine
I shall make you toe the line!
Magic, magic, tell me what,
Three are here, yours are not,
Ace of diamonds, oaken coffin,
Tell me all about Fedot!..
Let the soldier show his skill,
Let him get something unreal,
Something That Cannot Be Found,
In This World, Nor Underground!
Now, Fedot, you're in for it!
The idea is just brilliant!
You will never carry out
Such a task! On no account!
Do your utmost and get me
Something That Cannot Be!
Write it down for it might
Somehow get out of your mind!
I shall tell you my condition:
If you don't fulfil the mission,
I shall tear you to ribbons
For I hate your disposition!
Cheer up, get under way!
You must do it without delay ,
It's a matter of state importance,
D’ you understand what I say?
Will you get it of your chest?
Tell me, why are you depressed?
Has the salad a la Milan got
No truffles in it, or what?
No, Marie, I love your food,
It's extraordinarily good!
I'm just worried that my life
Has been ruined to the root!
What am I supposed to do?
Who can help me, maybe you?
This time the Tsar ordered me
To get Something That Can't Be!
There's no use to worry at all,
All I have to do is call:
Stand before me, Frol and Tit,
Get immediately what we need!
Do you hear what I say?
Go and do it without delay!
Sorry, mistress, we resign
For it's out of our line.
If we had a sketch or drawing,
We could work it out fine!
There's no use to search like this,
We won't venture, don't insist,
Where is it, something unreal ,
Something that does not exist?
There's no use to scout around
For the thing that can't be found!
Darling, don't be hard on me,
I can't help it, as you see,
Nothing doing, you will have
To search for it yourself, my love!
When abroad don't make a sin,
Keep your mind and body clean,
Do not enter conversations,
And don't strike up an acquaintance!
Take care, dear, don't go astray,
Keep from empty troubles away,
Eat sour cream and cottage cheese.
Think about your health, that is.
You don't need to have a fright,
Everything will be all right,
I shall carry the task out
And return home safe and sound!
Don't lose heart while I'm away,
Water flowers every day,
There's a tambour, a balalaika,
You can do the needlework or play.
Should somebody bother you,
You know well what you can do,
I don't have to teach you, dear,
The frying pan is over here!
Tell me good or bad news,
It must be the bare truth,
Which I know is never nice,
Yet it's better than sweet lies!
However, if the news you've got
Is something like I don't know what,
I can tell you, you'll be jailed
For ten years, you mark my word!
Your majesty, let me report:
At break of day Soldier Fedot
Set of on a mission voyage,
We've got rid of him, thank God!
May the scoundrel rove the seas,
A good lesson to him it is!
You and I are now secure
From seeing his ugly face, for sure!
Nurse, hey, Nurse, will you come here?
There's some work for you, my dear,
I've got hairs that are grey,
Will you tear them away?
As for those that aren't grey
Shape them in a proper way,
Take it easy with the brush,
I've got hair there, not hay!
What's there to brush, you dry old stick?
Your hair is not that thick ,
Every hair that you have
Must be registered, I think!
Tell me, why d'you need a wife
Now that you have lived your life?
I can tell you: as a man,
Sorry... you aren't worth a damn!
Well, although my hair is grey,
I must marry anyway.
The shah of Persia's just as bold,
He's got forty wives, they say!
As for me I want a wife,
Only one, not three