Below, I translated the lyrics of the song ЗЕЛЕНЫЕ ГЛАЗА (ZELENIE GLAZA) by Люся Чеботина (Lyusya Chebotina) from Russian to English.
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zelyonie glaza
Green eyes
Ya zasluzhila bit’ schastlivoi
I've earned the right to be happy
Ya zasluzhila bit’ lyubimoi i lyubit’
I've earned the right to be loved and to love
Ya zasluzhila, kak on, muzhchinu
I've earned a man like him
Tak chto nekomu i ne za chto menya sudit’
So nobody has the right to judge me, and there's no reason to
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Kazhdoi devushke-trofeyu nuzhen chempion
Every trophy girl needs a champion
I chto-to podskazalo mne, chto eto on
And something told me he was the one
Podumala ya: 'prosto tak s nim pokatayus’'
I thought, “I'll just go for a ride with him, no big deal”
A posle ne zamechu, kak v nego uzhe vlyublyayus’
And then, before I know it, I'm already falling for him
Yego zelyonie glaza tak menya manyat
His green eyes are so irresistible to me
Kak budto imi on menya razdevaet
It's like he's undressing me with them
Zelyonie glaza, gotova im sdat’sya
Green eyes, I'm ready to give in to them
Ob”yavlyai uzhe kapitulyatsiyu
Go on, just surrender already
Zelyonie glaza tak menya manyat
Those green eyes draw me in so much
Kak budto imi on menya razdevaet
It's like he's undressing me with them
Zelyonie glaza, gotova im sdat’sya
Green eyes, I'm ready to give in to them
Ob”yavlyayu zhe kapitulyatsiyu
So I surrender
Kapitulyatsiyu
I surrender
Pyat’ minut net otveta uzhe skuchayu: 'milii, gde ti'
Five minutes with no reply and I already miss you: "babe, where are you?"
'naberi, kogda ti smozhesh’' na menya tak ne pokhozhe
"Call me when you can" — that's so not like me
Ya s toboi khochu bit’ slaboi, samoi nezhnoi i zhelannoi
With you I want to be weak, the softest, the most desired
Govoryat, tak ne bivaet, pust’ stoyat i obtekayut
They say it doesn't happen like this — let them stand there and seethe
Yego zelyonie glaza tak menya manyat
His green eyes are so irresistible to me
Kak budto imi on menya razdevaet
It's like he's undressing me with them
Zelyonie glaza, gotova im sdat’sya
Green eyes, I'm ready to give in to them
Ob”yavlyai uzhe kapitulyatsiyu
Go on, just surrender already
Zelyonie glaza tak menya manyat
Those green eyes draw me in so much
Kak budto imi on menya razdevaet
It's like he's undressing me with them
Zelyonie glaza, gotova im sdat’sya
Green eyes, I'm ready to give in to them
Ob”yavlyayu zhe kapitulyatsiyu
So I surrender
Kapitulyatsiyu
I surrender
Ob”yavlyai uzhe kapitulyatsiyu
Go on, just surrender already
Zelyonie glaza tak menya manyat
Those green eyes draw me in so much
Kak budto imi on menya razdevaet
It's like he's undressing me with them
Zelyonie glaza, gotova im sdat’sya
Green eyes, I'm ready to give in to them
Ob”yavlyayu zhe kapitulyatsiyu
So I surrender
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"Zelenie Glaza" means "Green Eyes", and that pair of eyes is the whole story here. Lyusya Chebotina opens with a confident little speech: "Я заслужила быть счастливой" (I deserve to be happy), "Я заслужила быть любимой и любить" (I deserve to be loved and to love), so "некому и не за что меня судить" (there's no one to judge me, and nothing to judge me for). Then comes the fun line: "Каждой девушке-трофею нужен чемпион" (every trophy girl needs a champion). She knows exactly how that sounds, and she says it anyway.
The plan was casual: "просто так с ним покатаюсь" (I'll just go for a ride with him, no big deal). It does not stay casual. His green eyes "так меня манят" (lure me so much), "как будто ими он меня раздевает" (as if he's undressing me with them), and she's "готова им сдаться" (ready to surrender to them). The chorus turns the crush into a war: "Объявляю же капитуляцию" (I'm declaring surrender), using the very official word капитуляция (capitulation) for falling in love, which is a bit dramatic and very charming.
The second verse is the funniest part. Five minutes without a reply and she's already texting "милый, где ты" (sweetheart, where are you) and "набери, когда ты сможешь" (call me when you can), admitting "на меня так не похоже" (that's not like me at all). She wants to be "слабой, самой нежной и желанной" (weak, the most tender and desired) with him. And to anyone who says that kind of love doesn't happen: "пусть стоят и обтекают". Обтекать literally means "to have something run down you", and in slang it means to stand there stunned and humiliated, a cheeky way of saying "let them stand there and deal with it."
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