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Do You Want?

Do You Want?

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Zemfira

About Zemfira

Zemfira Ramazanova, known mononymously as Zemfira (Земфира), is a Russian singer, songwriter, and musician who emerged at the turn of the 21st century.

Born in 1976 in Ufa, she first gained national attention in 1999 with her self-titled debut album Zemfira, which quickly set her apart through its raw guitar-driven sound and emotionally direct songwriting. Blending elements of alternative rock, pop-rock, and indie sensibilities, she helped define a new wave of Russian-language music that moved away from the polished mainstream pop of the 1990s.

Over the following decades, Zemfira built a reputation for introspective lyrics, often dealing with themes such as love, alienation, identity, and emotional conflict.

Known for her reclusive public persona and selective engagement with the media, she has maintained an artistic image centered on independence and creative control, influencing a generation of musicians in Russia and beyond.

About This Song

Zemfira’s “Do You Want?” presents love and death through the raw monologue of one person pleading with another. Devoid of gender markers or concrete plot, the song sheds the clichés of a typical love story and instead delivers a distilled emotion: the desperate fear of losing someone close. Its naive, almost childlike offers capture the human urge to bargain with the inevitable.

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Пожа́луйста, не умира́й,
И́ли мне придётся то́же.
Ты, коне́чно, сра́зу в рай,
А я - не ду́маю, что то́же…

Хо́чешь сла́дких апельси́нов?
Хо́чешь вслух расска́зов дли́нных?
Хо́чешь, я взорву́ всё зве́зды,
Что мешаю́т спать?

Пожа́луйста, то́лько живи́,
Ты же ви́дишь - Я живу́ тобо́ю.

Мое́й огро́мной любви́
Хва́тит нам двои́м с голово́ю.

Хо́чешь в мо́ре с паруса́ми?
Хо́чешь му́зык но́вых са́мых?
Хо́чешь, я убью́ сосе́дей,
Что меша́ют спать?

Хо́чешь со́лнце вме́сто ла́мпы?
Хо́чешь за око́шком А́льпы?
Хо́чешь, я отда́м все пе́сни
Про тебя́ отда́м все пе́сни...

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Please don't die
Or I will have to, also.
You, of course, will at once go to paradise,
And I don't think that I will too...

Do you want some sweet oranges?
Do you want some long stories read aloud?
Do you want me to explode all the stars
That don't let you sleep?

Please, just live,
You see - I'm living by you,

My huge love
Will be enough for us both completely.

Do you want to go out on the sea with sails?
Do you want some of the newest tunes?
Do you want me to kill the neighbors
That don't let you sleep?

Do you want the sun instead of a lamp?
Do you want the Alps behind your window?
If you want, I will give away all the songs
Give away all the songs about you...

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