watermelons ripen in the Southern Medvedkovo
while in the Northern Medvedkovo it rains all the time
the sun shines on everyone in the Southern Medvedkovo
while in the Northern Medvedkovo people wear knee-high boots

holydays never end in the Southern Medvedkovo
beautiful are the evenings on the riverside
it's freezing again in the Northern Medvedkovo
and the bank of the river is clothed in ice

you'd better watch out in the Northern Medvedkovo
they'll tear you into pieces if you step on their shadow
and although I live under cold northern sky
in the Southern Medvedkovo i'll find my happy love

Medvedkovo is a dull social housing suburb of Moscow divided by a river into 2 parts: the southern and the northern. There is no considerable difference between them, but when you are in love even the Southern Medvedkovo can look like paradise to you.

Translation and comment by Sergey Alymov, the ZVEZDNYE VOINY's lyricist & vocalist