Below, I translated the lyrics of the song Я Тебя Люблю (Ya Tebya Lyublyu) by Rauf & Faik from Russian to English.
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Verse 1
Ti zhe khotela uznat’
You wanted to know
Chto budet zavtra, no
What will be tomorrow, but
I slozhno zhe predugadat’
And it's difficult to predict
Kto budet srivat’sya vnov’
Who will break again
Or: And it's hard to predict who will snap again
I znaesh’, togda ya khotel
And you know, then I wanted
I znaesh’, seichas ya khochu
And you know, now I want
Ne uspel ya sorvat’sya togda i skazat’ tebe
I didn't have time to break then and tell you
Chorus 1
Ya lyublyu tebya
I love you
S toboi khotel prozhit’ vsyu zhizn’
With you I wanted to live all my life
Seichas ya poteryal tebya, ne znayu, li vernu
Now I lost you, I don't know if I'll get you back
Ya lyublyu tebya
I love you
S toboi khotel prozhit’ vsyu zhizn’
With you I wanted to live all my life
Seichas ya poteryal tebya, ne znayu, li vernu
Now I lost you, I don't know if I'll get you back
Verse 2
Prikhodila ko mne delal bol’no tebe
You came to me, I hurt you
I ne znal ya togda, kak ti mne doroga
And I didn't know then how dear you were to me
Mi rasstalis’ seichas, ya vse zhdu ot tebya slova
We broke up now, I'm still waiting for a word from you
Prikhodila ko mne delal bol’no tebe
You came to me, I hurt you
I ne znal ya togda, kak ti mne doroga
And I didn't know then how dear you were to me
Mi rasstalis’ seichas, ya vse zhdu ot tebya slova
We broke up now, I'm still waiting for a word from you
Chorus 2
Ya lyublyu tebya
I love you
S toboi khotel prozhit’ vsyu zhizn’
With you I wanted to live all my life
Seichas ya poteryal tebya, ne znayu, li vernu
Now I lost you, I don't know if I'll get you back
Ya lyublyu tebya
I love you
S toboi khotel prozhit’ vsyu zhizn’
With you I wanted to live all my life
Seichas ya poteryal tebya, ne znayu, li vernu
Now I lost you, I don't know if I'll get you back
Ya lyublyu tebya
I love you
S toboi khotel prozhit’ vsyu zhizn’
With you I wanted to live all my life
Seichas ya poteryal tebya, ne znayu, li vernu
Now I lost you, I don't know if I'll get you back
Ya lyublyu tebya
I love you
S toboi khotel prozhit’ vsyu zhizn’
With you I wanted to live all my life
Seichas ya poteryal tebya, ne znayu, li vernu
Now I lost you, I don't know if I'll get you back
Verse 3
Ti zhe khotela uznat’
You wanted to know
Chto budet zavtra, no
What will be tomorrow, but
I slozhno zhe predugadat’
And it's difficult to predict
Kto budet srivat’sya vnov’
Who will break again
I znaesh’, togda ya khotel
And you know, then I wanted
I znaesh’, seichas ya khochu
And you know, now I want
Ne uspel ya sorvat’sya togda i skazat’ tebe
I didn't have time to break then and tell you
Chorus 3
Ya lyublyu tebya
I love you
S toboi khotel prozhit’ vsyu zhizn’
With you I wanted to live all my life
Seichas ya poteryal tebya, ne znayu, li vernu
Now I lost you, I don't know if I'll get you back
Ya lyublyu tebya
I love you
S toboi khotel prozhit’ vsyu zhizn’
With you I wanted to live all my life
Seichas ya poteryal tebya, ne znayu, li vernu
Now I lost you, I don't know if I'll get you back
Ya lyublyu tebya
I love you
S toboi khotel prozhit’ vsyu zhizn’
With you I wanted to live all my life
Seichas ya poteryal tebya, ne znayu, li vernu
Now I lost you, I don't know if I'll get you back
Ya lyublyu tebya
I love you
S toboi khotel prozhit’ vsyu zhizn’
With you I wanted to live all my life
Seichas ya poteryal tebya, ne znayu, li vernu
Now I lost you, I don't know if I'll get you back
Did you like this lyrics translation?
срываться — to break down / to snap
Срываться (sryvat'sya) is a powerful Russian verb that literally means 'to fall from' or 'to be torn off'. However, in this emotional song, it's used figuratively to mean 'to break down' or 'to lose one's temper' emotionally.
The lyrics ask, "Кто будет срываться вновь?" (Who will break down again?), painting a picture of a volatile relationship on the edge. This word perfectly captures the intense, uncontrollable feelings of frustration and despair when things go wrong in love, making it a dramatic and memorable addition to your vocabulary.
Have you ever waited until after a breakup to finally say what you really felt? In "Я Тебя Люблю (Ya Tebya Lyublyu)" (which means I Love You), Russian pop duo Rauf & Faik dwell entirely in that painful hindsight. The narrator admits that when his partner visited, he ended up hurting her: "Приходила ко мне делал больно тебе" (You came to me, I hurt you). He genuinely did not realize her worth back then, confessing "И не знал я тогда, как ты мне дорога" (And I didn't know back then how dear you were to me). Now that they are separated, he is left anxiously waiting for a message that might never arrive.
The core of the track is blunt and desperate. Over repetitive, catchy choruses, he loops the exact same realization: "С тобой хотел прожить всю жизнь / Сейчас я потерял тебя, не знаю, ли верну" (I wanted to live my whole life with you / Now I lost you, don't know if I'll get you back). He even switches straight into English to plead "My love, my lover, I belong to you", showing how frantic he is to get the message across in any language possible. It is a straight shot of regret about realizing what you had only after losing it.
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