Below, I translated the lyrics of the song ГОРГОНА (GORGONA) by Люся Чеботина (Lyusya Chebotina) from Russian to English.
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Naverno bol’no, ai, smotret’ v moi glaza
It must hurt, ah, to look into my eyes
Pri vide zamirat’ i znat’, chto ne tvoya
To freeze at the sight of me and know I'm not yours
Kamnem na shee, akh, budu tvoei siyat’
Like a stone around your neck, ah, I'll shine as yours
Popal v desyatku krai dorogi net nazad
You hit the bullseye, that's it, there's no way back
Bezumets verit v lyubov’
A madman believes in love
I stavit vse na zero
And bets it all on zero
No ne poimet odnogo
But there's one thing he won't get
Yemu ne povezlo
He's out of luck
Stavit opyat’ na zero
He bets on zero again
Kakoi ugodno tsenoi
At any cost
Zapoluchit’ vsem nazlo
To win me, to spite everyone
Menya, menya, menya
Me, me, me
Chto tebya tyanet ko mne, tak i ne ponyal
You never figured out what draws you to me
Ya gorgona! ya gorgona!
I'm the Gorgon! I'm the Gorgon!
I pochemu khochetsya bit’ tebe s pop-ikonoi
And why you want to be with a pop icon
Ya gorgona! ya gorgona!
I'm the Gorgon! I'm the Gorgon!
Moi odin vzglyad i ti na veki prikovan
One look from me and you're chained forever
Uuuuu
Ooooh
Smotri mne v glaza ved’ ya meduza gorgona
Look into my eyes, 'cause I'm Medusa the Gorgon
Ya gorgona! ya gorgona!
I'm the Gorgon! I'm the Gorgon!
Da ti ne pervii, znai, ne ti poslednii kto
You're not the first, you know, and you're not the last
Gotov bil vse otdat’ i bit’ u moikh nog
Who was ready to give it all and be at my feet
Da ti ne pervii, znai, ne ti poslednii kto
You're not the first, you know, and you're not the last
Riskuet postradat’
Risks getting hurt
Ya gorgona! ya gorgona!
I'm the Gorgon! I'm the Gorgon!
Yashchik pandori moi tvoi glavnii artefakt
My Pandora's box is your main artifact
Sovetuyu yego tebe ne otkrivat’
I'd advise you not to open it
Da ti imei vvidu ne smozhesh’ yest’ i spat’
And keep in mind, you won't be able to eat or sleep
Yesli kogda-to vdrug reshish’ so mnoi igrat’
If someday you suddenly decide to play with me
A ya ostavila vse v dalekom proshlom
I've left it all in the distant past
No do sikh por na stene status vse slozhno
But my wall status still says "It's complicated"
Ya pryatala svoyu bol’ pod svet sofitov
I hid my pain under the spotlights
Podoidi blizhe ko mne, no ostorozhno
Come closer to me, but be careful
Chto tebya tyanet ko mne, tak i ne ponyal
You never figured out what draws you to me
Ya gorgona! ya gorgona!
I'm the Gorgon! I'm the Gorgon!
I pochemu khochetsya bit’ tebe s pop-ikonoi
And why you want to be with a pop icon
Ya gorgona! ya gorgona!
I'm the Gorgon! I'm the Gorgon!
Moi odin vzglyad i ti na veki prikovan
One look from me and you're chained forever
Uuuuu
Ooooh
Smotri mne v glaza ved’ ya meduza gorgona
Look into my eyes, 'cause I'm Medusa the Gorgon
Ya gorgona! ya gorgona!
I'm the Gorgon! I'm the Gorgon!
Da ti ne pervii, znai, ne ti poslednii kto
You're not the first, you know, and you're not the last
Gotov bil vse otdat’ i bit’ u moikh nog
Who was ready to give it all and be at my feet
Da ti ne pervii, znai, ne ti poslednii kto
You're not the first, you know, and you're not the last
Riskuet postradat’
Risks getting hurt
Ya gorgona! ya gorgona!
I'm the Gorgon! I'm the Gorgon!
Da ti ne pervii, znai, ne ti poslednii kto
You're not the first, you know, and you're not the last
Gotov bil vse otdat’ i bit’ u moikh nog
Who was ready to give it all and be at my feet
Da ti ne pervii, znai, ne ti poslednii kto
You're not the first, you know, and you're not the last
Riskuet postradat’
Risks getting hurt
Ya gorgona! ya gorgona!
I'm the Gorgon! I'm the Gorgon!
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"ГОРГОНА" is Lyusya Chebotina playing the monster on purpose, and she has a great time doing it. In Greek myth the Gorgon Medusa turns anyone who looks into her eyes to stone. That's the whole joke here: "Смотри мне в глаза ведь я медуза горгона" [Look me in the eyes, because I'm Medusa the Gorgon]. Heads up, медуза on its own also means jellyfish in Russian, so the full phrase медуза горгона is how you know she means the myth.
The guy chasing her is painted as a reckless gambler: "Безумец верит в любовь / И ставит все на зеро" [The madman believes in love / And bets everything on zero]. Зеро is the zero slot in roulette, the long shot. And she's blunt about his odds: "Ему не повезло" [He's out of luck]. One look and "ты на веки прикован" [you're chained forever]. She even warns him off her "Ящик пандоры" [Pandora's box], the myth's box of troubles nobody should open. Two idioms worth stealing: попал в десятку [hit the bullseye] and имей ввиду [keep in mind].
Under the bravado there's a softer bit I really like: "Я прятала свою боль под свет софитов" [I hid my pain under the spotlights], and her wall still says "статус все сложно" [status: it's complicated], the social-media relationship status. She's a self-declared "поп-икона" [pop icon] who knows you're "не первый" [not the first] and won't be the last.
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