Below, I translated the lyrics of the song Фонтанчик С Дельфином (Fontanchik S Del’finom) by Гио ПиКа (Gio PiKa) from Russian to English.
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A yest’ pod Orenburgom fontanchik s chernim del’finom
And near Orenburg there's a fountain with a black dolphin
I v zhizni videt’ lish’ raz yego dovodilos’
And you only get to see it once in your life
Vsem tem, kto prokhodili yego mimo
For everyone who passed it by
Fontanchik s chernim del’finom
The fountain with the black dolphin
Predstav’te brati, chto yest’ steni u del’finov
Imagine, brothers, that dolphins have walls
Koridori dlinnie, okna reshetka, litvina
Long corridors, barred windows, litvina
I lyudi spinami kverkhu nu, kak del’fini
And people with their backs up, like dolphins
V vechnom plavanii za deyaniya zlie
In an endless swim for wicked deeds
Tam ne prinyato schitat’ dni, schitat’ godi
There nobody counts the days, counts the years
I net zvonka vtorogo, vestnika, svobodi
And there's no second call, no herald of freedom
Tam polomayutsya samie derzkie greshniki
There even the boldest sinners get broken
Merzkie, u kotorikh slezi vse presnie
Vile ones whose tears are all fresh
Tam dni vse budni, tam v krovi vse ruki
There every day is a workday, every hand's in blood
I ne uiti ottuda, kak na podvodnom sudne
And there's no getting out, like on a submarine
Utashchat tebya v glub’ Sol’-Iletskikh glubin
They'll drag you down into the Sol-Iletsk depths
Yedinstvennii v mire zloi Chernii Del’fin
The only evil Black Dolphin on earth
Fontanchik s del’finom, vsya zhizn’ tebya mimo
Little fountain with a dolphin, your whole life passes you by
Zdes’ kleimom mechenie prigovorennie pozhiznenno
Here, branded with a mark, condemned for life
I yesli v nakazanii sila
And if there's strength in punishment
Ved’ ne budet za stenami temi pokoya s mirom
There won't be peace with the world beyond those walls
Poka zhurchit voda v fontane s del’finom
While water murmurs in the fountain with the dolphin
Poka zhurchit voda v fontane s del’finom
While water murmurs in the fountain with the dolphin
V fontane s del’finom
In the fountain with the dolphin
V fontane s del’fi
In the fountain with the dolph
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Фонтанчик — Little fountain
Фонтанчик literally translates to "little fountain". It's the diminutive form of фонтан (fountain), which adds a touch of familiarity or even irony given the song's dark subject matter.
In the context of the song, the "little fountain with the black dolphin" refers to a notorious prison in Russia. The seemingly innocent diminutive form creates a stark contrast with the harsh reality of the prison, making the word particularly memorable and thought-provoking.
Gio Pika's "Фонтанчик С Дельфином" (Fontanchik S Del'finom) is a really intense song that takes us to a very specific, grim place: a prison in Russia known as the Black Dolphin. The lyrics describe a fountain with a black dolphin near Orenburg, which only those who pass by it once in their lives ever see. This isn't a happy tourist spot; it's a chilling symbol.
The song paints a picture of life inside this prison, where people are like dolphins with "стены у дельфинов" [walls for dolphins], long corridors, barred windows, and people with their "спинами кверху ну, как дельфины" [backs upward, like dolphins], forever swimming for their evil deeds. It's a place where days and years aren't counted, and there's no second call for freedom. Even the boldest sinners break there, and their tears are all tasteless. The song tells us that you can't escape, and you'll be dragged into the depths of Sol-Iletsk, home of the "Единственный в мире злой Черный Дельфин" [only evil Black Dolphin in the world]. It's a stark look at a life marked by a brand, condemned for life, where peace will never come as long as the water flows in the dolphin fountain.
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