ХОЧЕШЬ? (KhOChESh’?) Lyrics in English Земфира (Zemfira)

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Below, I translated the lyrics of the song ХОЧЕШЬ? (KhOChESh’?) by Земфира (Zemfira) from Russian to English.

Pozhaluista, ne umirai

Please, don't die

Ili mne pridetsya tozhe

Or I'll have to, too

Ti, konechno, srazu v rai

You'll surely go straight to heaven

A ya ne dumayu, chto tozhe

And I don't think I will

Khochesh’ sladkikh apel’sinov

You want sweet oranges

Khochesh’ vslukh rasskazov dlinnikh

You want long stories read aloud

Khochesh’ ya vzorvu vse zvyozdi

You want me to blow up all the stars

Chto meshayut spat’

That keep you from sleeping

Pozhaluista, tol’ko zhivi

Please, just stay alive

Ti zhe vidish’, ya zhivu toboyu

You see, I live through you

Moei ogromnoi lyubvi

My enormous love

Khvatit nam dvoim s golovoyu

Is more than enough for the two of us

Khochesh’ v more s parusami

You want the sea with sails

Khochesh’ muzik novikh samikh

You want the newest music

Khochesh’ ya ub’yu sosedei

You want me to kill the neighbors

Chto meshayut spat’

That keep you from sleeping

Khochesh’ solntse vmesto lampi

You want the sun instead of a lamp

Khochesh’ za okoshkom al’pi

You want the Alps outside the window

Khochesh’ ya otdam vse pesni

You want me to give all the songs

Pro tebya otdam vse pesni

About you, I'll give all the songs

Khochesh’ solntse vmesto lampi

You want the sun instead of a lamp

Khochesh’ za okoshkom al’pi

You want the Alps outside the window

Khochesh’ ya otdam vse pesni

You want me to give all the songs

Pro tebya otdam vse pesni ya

About you, I'll give all the songs, I

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SONG MEANING

“ХОЧЕШЬ?” feels like a breathless love letter shouted into the night. Zemfira pleads with her beloved “Please, just don’t die” and vows she could not keep living without them. The song drips with raw devotion: she imagines her partner soaring straight to heaven while she fears she would be left behind. That fear charges every line with urgency and bittersweet vulnerability.

To prove the depth of her feeling, she fires off a whirlwind of extravagant promises. Want sweet oranges? Endless bedtime stories? A sea with billowing sails, new music, even silence from noisy neighbors? She will deliver it all. Her hyperbolic offers – from blowing up the stars to trading every song she has ever written – sketch a love so all-consuming it borders on reckless. Beneath the playful imagery beats the real message: my world only spins because you are in it. The track captures that electric mix of tenderness, desperation, and rebellious passion that defines Zemfira’s style, making listeners feel both the thrill and the terror of loving someone more than life itself.

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