Ариведерчи (arivederchi) Lyrics in English Земфира (Zemfira)

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Below, I translated the lyrics of the song Ариведерчи (arivederchi) by Земфира (Zemfira) from Russian to English.

Voroni-moskvichki menya razbudili

Moscow crows woke me up

Promokshie spichki nadezhdu ubili

Soaked matches killed hope

Kurit’. Znachit, budu dol’she zhit’

Smoking. So I'll live longer

Znachit, budem

So we'll

Korabli v moei gavani zhech’

Burn ships in my harbor

Na rubli pomenyayu bilet

I'll change the ticket for rubles

Otrastit’ bi do samikh bi plech

Wish I could grow it to my shoulders

Ya nikogda ne vernus’ domoi

I'll never go back home

S toboi mne tak interesno, a s nimi ne ochen’

With you it's so interesting, with them not really

Ya vizhu, chto tesno, ya pomnyu, chto prochno

I see it's tight, I remember it's solid

Daryu vremya; vidish’: ya goryu

I give time; see, I'm burning

Kto-to sputal

Someone messed up

I podzheg menya, arivederchi

And set me on fire, arrivederci

Ne uchili v glazok posmotret’

Wasn't taught to peek through the peephole

I yedva li uspeyut po plechi

And they'll hardly reach my shoulders

Ya razob’yu turniket, i pobegu po svoim

I'll smash the turnstile and run to my own

Obratnii cheindzh na bilet, ya budu zhdat’, ti zvoni

Reverse change on the ticket, I'll wait, call

V moi obichnie shest’, ya stala starshe na zhizn’

At my usual six, I got a life older

Navernoe, nuzhno uchest’

Guess that should be counted

Korabli v moei gavani

Ships in my harbor

Ne vzletim, tak poplavaem

If we don't fly, we'll swim

Strelki rovno na dva chasa nazad

Hands two hours back exactly

V moei gavani

In my harbor

Ne vzletim, tak poplavaem

If we don't fly, we'll swim

Strelki rovno na dva chasa nazad

Hands two hours back exactly

Korabli v moei gavani

Ships in my harbor

Ne vzletim, tak poplavaem

If we don't fly, we'll swim

Strelki rovno na dva chasa nazad

Hands two hours back exactly

V moei gavani

In my harbor

Ne vzletim, tak poplavaem

If we don't fly, we'll swim

Strelki rovno na dva chasa nazad

Hands two hours back exactly

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SONG MEANING

Fancy a dramatic escape? Zemfira’s “Ариведерчи” throws us into a chilly Moscow morning full of ravens, soggy matches, and a cigarette-lit promise to live “a little longer.” From the very first lines the singer is restless: she wants to swap her train ticket for cash, let her hair grow wild, and set the ships in her own harbor on fire. All these vivid images paint a portrait of someone who is ready to burn every bridge that ties her to the past.

Yet this is not a simple goodbye. The Italian word arrivederci (“see you again”) hints that her flight is both a farewell and a new beginning. She tells a special “you” that life is exciting together, while “they” feel cramped and boring. She’ll smash the subway turnstile, roll the clock two hours back, and either fly or at least swim toward freedom. The song captures that electric moment between youth and adulthood when you decide to risk everything for a taste of real life—full of rebellion, romance, and the bittersweet hope that the future will be worth the blaze you leave behind.

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