Детство (Detstvo) Lyrics in English by Rauf & Faik

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(English)

Verse 1

Teper’ proshu ti pozhaluista molchi

Now I'm asking you, please be quiet

Smotri v glaza i nichego ne govori

Look into my eyes and don't say anything

Or: Look me in the eyes and say nothing. Double negatives don't make sense in English, but in Russian they do

Ya vsyo reshil nasha rech’ ne o lyubvi

I've made up my mind, our talk isn't about love

I otpustil ti pozhaluista zhivi

And I've let you go, so please, just live

And I let you go, please live (your own life)

Prechorus 1

Prosto ubegai

Just run away

Or: Just run away

I ne vspominai

And don't look back

Prosto ubegai

Just run away

I ne vspominai

And don't look back

Chorus 1

Kazhdii raz ya vspominayu detstvo

Every time I remember my childhood

Pomnyu nashe mesto

I remember our place

Po shestnadtsat’, ustali tselovat’sya

We were sixteen, we got tired of kissing

Or: Both sixteen, we got tired of kissing

Ti vzyala moyu futbolku, v etom netu tolku

You took my T-shirt, there's no point in it

Or: You took my T-shirt, this doesn't matter / there is no meaning in this

Eto ya durak, oshibalsya

I was the fool, I was wrong

Or: It's me who is stupid, I was wrong

Zachem ya tak vlyublyalsya?

Why did I fall in love so much?

Or: Why did I fall in love so much?

Detstvo pomnyu nashe mesto

I remember our place from our childhood

Po shestnadtsat’, ustali tselovat’sya

We were sixteen, we got tired of kissing

Or: We were 16 and tired of kissing

Ti vzyala moyu futbolku, v etom netu tolku

You took my T-shirt, there's no point in it

Or: You took my T-shirt, this doesn't matter / there is no meaning in this

Eto ya durak, oshibalsya

I was the fool, I was wrong

Zachem ya tak vlyublyalsya?

Why did I fall in love so much?

(English)

Chorus 2

Kazhdii raz ya vspominayu detstvo

Every time I remember my childhood

Pomnyu nashe mesto

I remember our place

Po shestnadtsat’, ustali tselovat’sya

We were sixteen, we got tired of kissing

Ti vzyala moyu futbolku, v etom netu tolku

You took my T-shirt, there's no point in it

Or: You took my T-shirt, this doesn't matter / there is no meaning in this

Eto ya durak, oshibalsya

I was the fool, I was wrong

Zachem ya tak vlyublyalsya?

Why did I fall in love so much?

Detstvo pomnyu nashe mesto

I remember our place from our childhood

Po shestnadtsat’, ustali tselovat’sya

We were sixteen, we got tired of kissing

Ti vzyala moyu futbolku, v etom netu tolku

You took my T-shirt, there's no point in it

Or: You took my T-shirt, this doesn't matter / there is no meaning in this

Eto ya durak, oshibalsya

I was the fool, I was wrong

Zachem ya tak vlyublyalsya?

Why did I fall in love so much?

(English)

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ошибался — I was mistaken / I was wrong

Ошибался (ashibálsya) translates to 'I was mistaken' or 'I was wrong'. It's a verb in the masculine past tense, referring to a past mistake or a state of being in error.

In the song, the singer looks back on his first love with regret, admitting, 'Это я дурак, ошибался' (I'm the fool, I was mistaken). This single word powerfully captures the song's entire mood of nostalgic self-reflection and the painful clarity that comes with growing up.

Twin brothers Rauf & Faik kick things off with a mood of pure regret in "Детство (Detstvo)" (Childhood). The track mixes English hooks about wanting to run and hide ("And I wanna hide") with blunt Russian verses where the singer officially calls it quits. He tells his partner to stay quiet and just look him in the eyes: "Теперь прошу ты пожалуйста молчи / Смотри в глаза и ничего не говори" (Now I ask you please be quiet / Look in my eyes and say nothing). He decides their connection is over with "наша речь не о любви" (our conversation is not about love) and tells her to simply run away and forget him ("Просто убегай / И не вспоминай").

What makes the chorus stick in your head is the flash of teenage nostalgia. He looks back at being sixteen years old, exhausted from kissing ("По шестнадцать, устали целоваться"), and remembers his ex taking his t-shirt ("Ты взяла мою футболку"). Then he immediately undercuts the sweet memory by saying it was completely pointless ("в этом нету толку" / there is no point in this). He beats himself up for ever catching feelings in the first place, calling himself a fool: "Это я дурак, ошибался / Зачем я так влюблялся?" (I was a fool, I made a mistake / Why did I fall in love like that?). It is a direct, nostalgic track about teenage romance gone sour.

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