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The meaning of the lyrics of the song "Paradise apples" (Rayskie yablochki) the performer of the song "Vladimir Vysotsky"

(Chorus):

I will die someday - we all die someday

If only I could guess how - not by my own hand, but by a knife in the back

The slain are spared, sung over, and pampered in paradise

I won't speak for the living, but we cherish the dead

(Verse 1):

I'll hit the dirt face first, fall gracefully on my side

And my soul will gallop off on stolen steeds

In wondrous gardens of paradise, I'll pick pale pink apples

Pity, the gardens are guarded, they shoot dead center without fail

They arrived - I look - before my eyes, not exactly paradise

A barren wasteland and utter nothingness - endless

And amidst the nothingness towered cast-iron gates

And a massive crowd by the gates stared at the gates

With a primal roar, I pacified it with a kind word

Barely pulled the bony fish from the net and braided its mane

A gray-haired old man fiddled with the bolt for a long time

He groaned and grumbled, couldn't open it - and left

(Chorus):

I will die someday - we all die someday

If only I could guess how - not by my own hand, but by a knife in the back

The slain are spared, sung over, and pampered in paradise

I won't speak for the living, but we cherish the dead

(Verse 2):

And the exhausted crowd didn't utter a single groan

Only sank to their haunches from numb knees

It's raspberry season, fellas, we are greeted by a raspberry chime

Everything has come full circle, and the crucified one hangs above

Grant us all blessings, and did I ask for much?

For me - to have friends, and a wife - to mourn at my grave

Well, I'll pick some pale pink apples for them

Pity, the gardens are guarded, they shoot dead center without fail

I recognized the old man by the tears on his withered cheeks

It's Saint Peter - he's an apostle, and I'm a fool

Here are the gardens, with a plethora of frozen apples

But the gardens are guarded - and I'm shot dead center

And I drove my horses away from these rotten and frozen places

The horses crave oats, but I too bit the bit

Along the cliff with a whip, over the abyss, a bosom full of apples

I'll bring them to you: you waited for me even from paradise

(Chorus):

I will die someday - we all die someday

If only I could guess how - not by my own hand, but by a knife in the back

The slain are spared, sung over, and pampered in paradise

I won't speak for the living, but we cherish the dead

(Chorus):

I will die someday - we all die someday

If only I could guess how - not by my own hand, but by a knife in the back

The slain are spared, sung over, and pampered in paradise

I won't speak for the living, but we cherish the dead

(Припев):

Я когда-то умру - мы когда-то всегда умираем

Как бы так угадать, чтоб не сам - чтобы в спину ножом

Убиенных щадят, отпевают и балуют раем

Не скажу про живых, а покойников мы бережем

(1 Куплет):

В грязь ударю лицом, завалюсь покрасивее набок

И ударит душа на ворованных клячах в галоп

В дивных райских садах наберу бледно-розовых яблок

Жаль, сады сторожат и стреляют без промаха в лоб

Прискакали - гляжу - пред очами не райское что-то

Неродящий пустырь и сплошное ничто - беспредел

И среди ничего возвышались литые ворота

И огромный этап у ворот на ворота глядел

Как ржанет коренной, я смирил его ласковым словом

Да репьи из мочал еле выдрал и гриву заплел

Седовласый старик что-то долго возился с засовом

И кряхтел и ворчал, и не смог отворить - и ушел

(Припев):

Я когда-то умру - мы когда-то всегда умираем

Как бы так угадать, чтоб не сам - чтобы в спину ножом

Убиенных щадят, отпевают и балуют раем

Не скажу про живых, а покойников мы бережем

(2 Куплет):

И измученный люд не издал ни единого стона

Лишь на корточки вдруг с онемевших колен пересел

Здесь малина, братва, нас встречают малиновым звоном

Все вернулось на круг, и распятый над кругом висел

Всем нам блага подай, да и много ли требовал я благ?

Мне - чтоб были друзья, да жена - чтобы пала на гроб

Ну а я уж для них наберу бледно-розовых яблок

Жаль, сады сторожат и стреляют без промаха в лоб

Я узнал старика по слезам на щеках его дряблых

Это Петр Святой - он апостол, а я - остолоп

Вот и кущи-сады, в коих прорва мороженных яблок

Но сады сторожат - и убит я без промаха в лоб

И погнал я коней прочь от мест этих гнилых и зяблых

Кони просят овса, но и я закусил удила

Вдоль обрыва с кнутом по-над пропастью пазуху яблок

Для тебя привезу: ты меня и из рая ждала

(Припев):

Я когда-то умру - мы когда-то всегда умираем

Как бы так угадать, чтоб не сам - чтобы в спину ножом

Убиенных щадят, отпевают и балуют раем

Не скажу про живых, а покойников мы бережем

(Припев):

Я когда-то умру - мы когда-то всегда умираем

Как бы так угадать, чтоб не сам - чтобы в спину ножом

Убиенных щадят, отпевают и балуют раем

Не скажу про живых, а покойников мы бережем

Vladimir Vysotsky's song "Paradise Apples" carries a deep philosophical meaning veiled under a dashing criminal story. The lyrical hero, wishing to enter paradise not through righteous deeds but by "cheating the system," seeks death "not his own," but from a stab in the back.

The hero's journey to paradise is full of ironic details: the paradise apples he longs to obtain are "pale pink" and "frozen," contrasting with the image of heavenly abundance. Paradise itself turns out to be a "barren wasteland," and the expected peace is replaced by a picture of crucifixion. Even the image of the apostle Peter, unable to open the gates of paradise, is permeated with bitter irony.

The hero's desire to die from a knife, and not his own death, speaks of his desire for an easy path, to deceive fate. He craves not a deserved paradise, but the opportunity to "pull off a deal," which emphasizes his cynicism and unwillingness to change.

Ultimately, the hero does not reach paradise but finds himself at the edge of a cliff with a "bosom full of apples" for the one who waits for him "even from paradise." This ending leaves a bitter aftertaste and makes one think about the cost of deception and that true happiness cannot be obtained by cunning.

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