The word "KuKryNiksy" is the name of a Soviet cartoon artist trio famous in 1940s-50s (Mikhail Kuprianov, Porfiry Krylov and Nikolay Sokolov). This name was chosen for the band accidentally and temporarily, but has not been changed yet.
Тайна
Кукрыниксы Lyrics
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В руках победы и ножа.
Я слишком мало себя знал
И оттого я так устал.
И всё вокруг себя хватал.
Чужое ль? Я не понимал.
Вопрос вернётся, но ответ
Я попрошу, верни мою свободу.
Унесу я все свои заботы.
Не смотри, что ты не так утешен.
Подари всё то, в чём я грешен.
Чужой мечтою награждён,
Чужими мыслями спасён.
Таким я нравился весне,
Смешной и быстрой пустоте.
И каждый раз, врываясь вверх,
Ловлю на мысли: Это бег!
В котором тысячи помех,
И я кричу ему:
Я попрошу, верни мою свободу.
Унесу я все свои заботы.
Не смотри, что ты не так утешен.
Подари всё то, в чём я грешен.
The lyrics of Кукрыниксы's song Тайна (Mystery) deal with the themes of self-discovery, finding one's place in the world, and the struggle to attain personal freedom. The singer begins by acknowledging that he has been holding onto victory and a knife for too long, suggesting that he has experienced both success and violence without fully understanding himself. He confesses that he has not known himself well enough, and this has left him feeling exhausted. He has been grasping at everything around him, unable to discern what is his, and what belongs to others.
As the chorus comes in, the singer asks for his freedom back. He wants to carry away all of his problems and burdens, and he tells someone, perhaps an interlocutor or a figure of authority, that he needs to return to the place where he can be himself. Even though the person he is addressing might not be comforted by his request, the singer asks them to give him everything he is guilty of, everything that has caused him to lose touch with himself.
The singer then recalls a time when he was amused and lively, like the spring. But this memory is mixed with the experience of struggling to climb upward and overcome numerous obstacles, perhaps symbolizing the journey of self-discovery. In the end, he screams for his freedom again, hoping that his plea will be heard.
Overall, the lyrics of Тайна are cryptic and metaphorical, but they convey the sense of a personal struggle towards self-realization and independence.
Line by Line Meaning
Я слишком долго не держал
I have not held onto victory and the knife for too long
В руках победы и ножа.
I have not held onto victory and the knife for too long
Я слишком мало себя знал
I did not know myself well enough
И оттого я так устал.
And that is why I am so tired.
И всё вокруг себя хватал.
And I would grab onto everything around me.
Чужое ль? Я не понимал.
Was it someone else's? I did not understand.
Вопрос вернётся, но ответ
The question will return, but the answer
Устало скажет ему:
Will say to it tiredly:
Я попрошу, верни мою свободу.
I will ask, return my freedom.
Унесу я все свои заботы.
I will take away all my worries.
Не смотри, что ты не так утешен.
Do not look that you are not comforted.
Подари всё то, в чём я грешен.
Give me everything in which I have sinned.
Чужой мечтою награждён,
Endowed with someone else's dream,
Чужими мыслями спасён.
Saved by someone else's thoughts.
Таким я нравился весне,
That is how I pleased the spring,
Смешной и быстрой пустоте.
In a funny and fast emptiness.
И каждый раз, врываясь вверх,
And every time, bursting upwards,
Ловлю на мысли: Это бег!
I catch myself thinking: It's a run!
В котором тысячи помех,
In which there are thousands of obstacles,
И я кричу ему:
And I shout to it:
Contributed by Peyton E. Suggest a correction in the comments below.