ПО БАРАБАНУ (PO BARABANU) Lyrics in English by Люся Чеботина (Lyusya Chebotina)

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Below, I translated the lyrics of the song ПО БАРАБАНУ (PO BARABANU) by Люся Чеботина (Lyusya Chebotina) from Russian to English.

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Akh, kak inogda mne zhal’ ikh razbitie serdtsa

Oh, sometimes I feel so sorry for their broken hearts

Ob moyo b’yutsya bez kontsa

They keep crashing against mine

Akh, kak inogda mne zhal’, chto na mne net kol’tsa

Oh, sometimes I'm sorry there's no ring on my finger

Fotok u ventsa

No photos at the altar

Tol’ko chuvstva, kak gololed

Just feelings, slippery as black ice

Godi luchshie zametet

My best years will get buried in snow

Pust’ nikto mne ikh ne vernet

Even if nobody gives them back to me

Ya zhdala uzhe stol’ko let

I've been waiting so many years

Printsa vse tak i net i net

And still there's no prince, no sign of him

No yesli chestno po faktu mne

But honestly, if I'm being real, I

Po barabanu

Couldn't care less

A ya vsegda bila upryamoi

And I've always been stubborn

Zato sebya sdelala sama

But I'm self-made

Poka vlyublennie po param

While lovers pair off

Ya prodolzhayu pravit’ balom

I keep running the show

Poslushnoi nikogda ne stanu

I'll never be the obedient type

Zato ya sebya sdelala sama

But I made it on my own

Poka vlyublennie po param

While lovers pair off

Ya prodolzhayu pravit’ balom

I keep running the show

Prodolzhayu pravit’ balom

I keep running the show

Prodolzhayu pravit’ balom

I keep running the show

Bol’she ot ikh vnimaniya murashek net po kozhe

Their attention doesn't give me goosebumps anymore

Mmm

Chto yesli mozhet, nado bit’ v trende, prismotret’sya k pomolozhe

Maybe I should keep up with the trends and look at younger guys

Mmm

A poka tol’ko chuvstva, kak gololed

For now, just feelings, like black ice

Godi luchshie zametet

My best years will get buried in snow

Pust’ nikto mne ikh ne vernet

Even if nobody gives them back to me

Ya zhdala uzhe stol’ko let

I've been waiting so many years

Printsa vse tak i net i net

And still there's no prince, no sign of him

No yesli chestno po faktu mne

But honestly, if I'm being real, I

Po barabanu

Couldn't care less

A ya vsegda bila upryamoi

And I've always been stubborn

Zato sebya sdelala sama

But I'm self-made

Poka vlyublennie po param

While lovers pair off

Ya prodolzhayu pravit’ balom

I keep running the show

Poslushnoi nikogda ne stanu

I'll never be the obedient type

Zato ya sebya sdelala sama

But I made it on my own

Poka vlyublennie po param

While lovers pair off

Ya prodolzhayu pravit’ balom

I keep running the show

Prodolzhayu pravit’ balom

I keep running the show

Prodolzhayu pravit’ balom

I keep running the show

Poslushnoi nikogda ne stanu

I'll never be the obedient type

Zato ya sebya sdelala sama

But I made it on my own

Poka vlyublennie po param

While lovers pair off

Ya prodolzhayu pravit’ balom

I keep running the show

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ПО БАРАБАНУ is Lyusya Chebotina shrugging at everyone who thinks a woman needs a ring to be happy. She does feel a little sorry for the "разбитые сердца" (broken hearts) that keep crashing against hers, and she admits there's no ring on her finger and no wedding photos. She's waited years and still "принца все так и нет" (there's still no prince).

Then the hook: honestly, it's all "по барабану". Literally that's "on the drum", but it's everyday slang for I couldn't care less. She's stubborn, "себя сделала сама" (self-made), and while everyone else pairs off she keeps "править балом", an idiom meaning to run the show (literally, to rule the ball). There's a cheeky line too: maybe she should follow the trend and check out "помоложе" (younger guys). Light, confident and a great slang lesson.

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