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"Faina" is a heartbreak song that refuses to sit still. The singer has been dumped, and he is not quiet about it. He opens by asking "Ай, где же счастье, словно талый снег?" (Oh, where is the happiness, like melted snow?), so his joy has simply melted away.
The sting comes fast. Faina hides her eyes from him, and "уже средь бела дня / Ты с другим целуешься при всех!" (already in broad daylight / you're kissing someone else in front of everyone!). Средь бела дня literally means "amid white day", and it is the everyday Russian way to say "in broad daylight". It makes her betrayal sound bold and very public.
My favourite line is "Ну зачем же, Фаина, ты мне утерла нос?" (Why, Faina, did you wipe my nose?). It sounds silly translated word for word, but утереть нос is an idiom meaning to show someone up or get one over on them. So he is really asking why she had to embarrass him like that.
Then he decides to be the bigger man: "я свою забуду печаль и грусть" (I'll forget my sorrow and sadness), and "А наша песня останется только нашей пусть!" (but let our song stay just ours!). And then, of course, the chorus explodes into what feels like a hundred "Фаина, Фай-на-на!" chants. "Ах, люблю тебя, Фаина" (Ah, I love you, Faina) admits he is not over her at all. It's sad on paper and a total party when you hear it, which is half the fun.
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