why the fuck did I read "Korobeiniki" fully, I'd rather forever know it as "that upbeat folk tetris song", why the fuck did I expect anything in a piece of Russian literature other than depression

@matana i learned this song in 8th grade choir actually haha. it was an english translated version though.

@beardalaxy based, although also a bit lewd for the 8 graders? maybe you got the more clean version in translation
the songs practically ends on the fun part, though, and there's also the rest of the poem

@matana i found the exact translation we used:

"Treasures have I in my Korobushka
Can you hear the peddler's cry?

Though you see me in rags and tatters
I wear a smile upon my face
You may dance to the balalaika
Wearing satin, silk and lace

Costly and fine are the wares
I bring you lovely lady feast your eye!

Though you see me in rags and tatters
I wear a smile upon my face
You may dance to the balalaika
Wearing satin, silk and lace

Treasures have I in my Korobushka
Bring your kopecks come and buy!

Though you see me in rags and tatters
I wear a smile upon my face
You may dance to the balalaika
Wearing satin, silk and lace"

it is definitely sanitized, but it is still a similar theme especially if you know the original.

it is from this song that i learned what a balalaika was. i also included the line "wearing satin, silk, and lace" in one of my own songs.

@beardalaxy unfortunately, this is a classic case of localisation: this has literally nothing to do with the original (unless it used some other variant, with it being a folk song only later turned into a 'proper' poem; but most likely it's just freeform)

even 'satin, silk, and lace' were really 'chintz and brocade', but I won't argue that the former is much better for rhyming in English