ХОЧЕШЬ? (KhOChESh’?) Lyrics in English Земфира (Zemfira)

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Below, I translated the lyrics of the song ХОЧЕШЬ? (KhOChESh’?) by Земфира (Zemfira) from Russian to English.

Please don't die

Or I'll have to too

You, of course, straight to heaven

But I don't think so either

Do you want sweet oranges

Do you want long stories out loud

Do you want me to blow up all the stars

That keep you from sleeping

Please, just live

You see, I live for you

My great love

It's enough for both of us

Do you want to go to sea with sails

Do you want the newest music

Do you want me to kill the neighbors

That keep you from sleeping

Do you want the sun instead of a lamp

Do you want the Alps outside the window

Do you want me to give all the songs

I'll give all the songs about you

Do you want the sun instead of a lamp

Do you want the Alps outside the window

Do you want me to give all the songs

I'll give all the songs about you

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SONG MEANING

“ХОЧЕШЬ?” feels like a breathless love letter shouted into the night. Zemfira pleads with her beloved “Please, just don’t die” and vows she could not keep living without them. The song drips with raw devotion: she imagines her partner soaring straight to heaven while she fears she would be left behind. That fear charges every line with urgency and bittersweet vulnerability.

To prove the depth of her feeling, she fires off a whirlwind of extravagant promises. Want sweet oranges? Endless bedtime stories? A sea with billowing sails, new music, even silence from noisy neighbors? She will deliver it all. Her hyperbolic offers – from blowing up the stars to trading every song she has ever written – sketch a love so all-consuming it borders on reckless. Beneath the playful imagery beats the real message: my world only spins because you are in it. The track captures that electric mix of tenderness, desperation, and rebellious passion that defines Zemfira’s style, making listeners feel both the thrill and the terror of loving someone more than life itself.

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Земфира (Zemfira) ХОЧЕШЬ? (KhOChESh’?) Lyrics