Translated by A. Z. Foreman - Budapest lyrics

Under Lenin's portrait A Hapsburg orchestra. Like fish in a tank At dressed tables On an open terrace: Bureaucrats, tourists and brokers. A trolley car shoots by and ahead: A line of gleaming lead. Bridges shimmer Like wedding canopies On the Danube. The swing of a fiddle blesses a cup of wine. The moon snows ash Down on the Jewish quarter.