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.

Crows from Moscow woke me up

Soaked matches killed hope

To smoke. Means, I will live longer

Means, we will

Burn ships in my harbor

I will exchange a ticket for rubles

I would grow it to my shoulders

I will never return home

With you, I am so interested, but with them not really

I see it’s cramped, I remember it’s strong

I give time; you see: I am burning

Someone got confused

And set me on fire, arivederci

They didn’t teach to look through the peephole

And hardly will have time to the shoulders

I will break the turnstile, and run to my own

Reverse change on the ticket, I will wait, you call

At my usual six, I have aged a lifetime

Probably, it’s necessary to take into account

Ships in my harbor

If we don’t take off, we will swim

The hands exactly two hours back

In my harbor

If we don’t take off, we will swim

The hands exactly two hours back

Ships in my harbor

If we don’t take off, we will swim

The hands exactly two hours back

In my harbor

If we don’t take off, we will swim

The hands exactly two hours back

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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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