Не хочет Рейган нас кормить (Ne khochet Reagan nas kormit)
By Dimitry Prigov - Russia, 1940-2007
Transitional | Identity, Revolution and Resistance
Не хочет Рейган нас кормить
Ну что же, сам и просчитается
Ведь это там у них считается
Что надо кушать, чтобы жить
А нам не нужен хлеб его
Мы будем жить своей идеею
Он вдруг спохватится: А где они?
А мы уж в сердце у него
Glossary
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| будем | budem (v.) | used to express action taking place in the future | will, are going to, shall |
| что же | chto zhe (pron. + adv.) | used to dismiss or question a previous statement | so what, what of it, who cares, all right, fine, OK |
| чтобы | chtoby (conj.) | expresses causation | so as to, in order to, to |
| ero | ego (poss. pron.) | refers to an object belonging to a man other than the speaker | his, of his, from him |
| это | eto (pron.) | Refers to the situation or circumstances; things in general. | it is, it's |
| где | gde (adv.) | in what place or position | where, wherever |
| и | i (conj.) | just, exactly, namely | it is…that, …is the one that |
| идеею | ideeiu (n.) | a thought or suggestion as to a possible course of action | idea, message, ideology, philosophy |
| хлеб | khleb (n.) | bread or, more generally, means of subsistence | bread, food, sustenance |
| хочет | khochet (v.) | to have a desire to possess something | want, desire, wish for |
| кормить | kormit (v.) | to give food to | feed, keep, provide for, suckle, support |
| кушать | kushat (v.) | to consume food | to eat, to take food, to have food |
| мы | my (pron.) | refers to a group of people that the speaker belongs to | we, we all, all of us, Russians, Soviet citizens |
| надо | nado (v.) | to require because it is essential or very important | need, must have, is necessary, is essential |
| нам | nam (pron.) | refers to a group of people that the speaker belongs to | we, we all, all of us, Russians, Soviet citizens |
| нас | nas (pron.) | refers to a group of people that the speaker belongs to | us, Russians, the Soviet Union |
| не | ne (adv.) | used to form the negative | does not |
| ну | nu (interj.) | expresses an appeal or protest | but, well, now |
| нужен | nuzhen (v.) | to require because it is essential or very important | need, require, want |
| он | on (pron.) | refers to a man other than the speaker | he, that man, Reagan |
| они | oni (pron.) | refers to a group of people | they, those people, the Russians, the Soviets |
| просчитается | proschitaetsia (v.) | to assess or calculate wrongly | making an error, going wrong, miscalculating |
| Рейган | Reagan (prop. n.) | the surname of the 40th president of the United States | Reagan, the U.S. president, Ronald |
| сам | sam (pron.) | refers to and intensifies the subject | himself, …is the one that |
| считается | schitaetsia (v.) | to hold something as an opinion | believe, think, hold true |
| сердце | serdtse (n.) | center of a person's thoughts and emotions, especially love or compassion | heart, heart of hearts, soul |
| спохватится | spokhvatitsia (v.) | to remember suddenly | remember, recall, think, check himself |
| своей | svoei (poss. pron.) | refers to subject | our, our own, homegrown, domestic, homebred, native |
| там | tam (adv.) | in that place or position | there, over there, in the U.S. |
| у него | u nego (prep. + poss. pron.) | refers to the property or characteristics of a particular man | his |
| у них | u nikh (prep + poss. pron.) | refers to the characteristics or property of a group of people | among them, by them |
| уж | uzh (adv.) | by the time in question | already, by now, by then, now |
| в | v (prep.) | used to express location or containment | in, within, inside |
| вдруг | vdrug (adv.) | quickly and unexpectedly | suddenly, all at once, in an instant |
| ведь | ved' (adv.) | indicates opposition or contrast to what has been said previously or a question or qualification— sometimes omitted in translation | you know, because you know, when, but, for, as, isn’t it? |
| жить | zhit' (v.) | to remain alive | live on/through, exist on, survive on, subsist on |
Bio
Born in Moscow in 1940, Dimitry Prigov was prolific and influential Russian poet and artist who at one point was incarcerated in a Soviet psychiatric hospital as punishment for his work. In addition to his poetry he wrote plays and essays, created drawings, installations and video art, acted in films, staged performance art and performed music. For years his poetry was officially banned in the Soviet Union and circulated only hand to hand. Only in 1990 was a collection of his poetry officially published in his country. He died in 2007 after collapsing in the Moscow subway following a severe heart attack.
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