ÿþ <HTML> <HEAD> <TITLE>Ruslan Limited</TITLE> <style href>a {text-decoration: none}</style> </HEAD> <BODY TEXT="#0D1B61" link="#0D1B61" BGCOLOR="#D9E6EC" alink="#0D1B61" vlink="#0D1B61"> <B> RUSLAN 1<BR> <BR> </B> <B> LESSON 2 " ""<BR> </B> Here is the full text of the Okudzhava song "5A5=:0 >1 @10B5" - "A song about the Arbat" - a recording by Vitaly Polyakov, and a translation into English. <table cellspacing="12" cellpadding="0"> <tr valign="top" height="40"><td width="320"> <object classid="clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000" codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=7,0,0,0" width="32" height="32" id="play" align="right"> <param name="allowScriptAccess" value="sameDomain"> <param name="wmode" value="transparent"> <param name="movie" value="r1_l2arbat.swf"> <param name="loop" value="false"> <param name="menu" value="false"> <param name="quality" value="high"> <param name="bgcolor" value="#ffffff"> <param name="play" value="false"> <embed src="r1_l2arbat.swf" wmode="transparent" loop="false" menu="false" play="false" quality="high" bgcolor="#ffffff" width="32" height="32" name="play" align="middle" allowScriptAccess="sameDomain" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer"></embed> </object> C;0B :C46020<BR> !   " </td> <td width="20">&nbsp;</td> <td width="400"> Bulat Okudzhava<BR> SONG ABOUT THE ARBAT </td></tr> <tr><td> "K B5G5HL, :0: @5:0. !B@0==>5 =0720=85!<BR>  ?@>7@0G5= 0AD0;LB, :0: 2 @5:5 2>40.<BR> E, @10B, <>9 @10B, BK - <>5 ?@8720=85.<BR> "K - 8 @04>ABL <>O, 8 <>O 1540.<BR> </td><td>&nbsp;</td><td> You flow like a river. A strange name!<BR> And your asphalt is transparent, like water in a river.<BR> Oh Arbat, my Arbat! You are my calling.<BR> You are my joy, and my sorrow. </td></tr> <tr><td> 5H5E>4K B2>8 - ;N48 =525;8:85,<BR> :01;C:0<8 ABCG0B - ?> 45;0< A?5H0B.<BR> E, @10B, <>9 @10B, BK - <>O @5;838O,<BR> <>AB>2K5 B2>8 ?>4> <=>9 ;560B. </td><td>&nbsp;</td><td> Your pedestrians are not great people,<BR> They make a noise with their heels, they hurry about their business.<BR> Oh Arbat, my Arbat! You are my religion.<BR> Your surface lies below me. </td></tr> <tr><td> B ;N1>28 B2>59 2>2A5 =5 87;5G8HLAO,<BR> A>@>: BKAOG 4@C38E <>AB>2KE ;N1O.<BR> E, @10B, <>9 @10B, BK - <>5 >B5G5AB2>,<BR> =8:>340 4> :>=F0 =5 ?@>9B8 B51O. </td><td>&nbsp;</td><td> It is impossible to recover from love of you,<BR> even though I have loved another 40,000 roads.<BR> Oh Arbat, my Arbat! You are my fatherland,<BR> I can never get to the end of you. </td></tr> <tr><td> 1959 </td><td>&nbsp;</td></tr> </table> </body> </html> </BODY>