Where are your 17 years? -
On Bolshoi Karetniy Street
And where are your 17 misfortunes? -
On Bolshoi Karetniy Street
And where is your black pistol? -
On Bolshoi Karetniy Street
And where today are you not? -
On Bolshoi Karetniy Street

Comrade, do you remember that house?
No, don’t ever forget it
I’m telling you that one has wasted half his life
If he wasn’t ever on Bolshoi Karetniy Street

 
Where are your 17 years? -
On Bolshoi Karetniy Street
And where are your 17 misfortunes? -
On Bolshoi Karetniy Street
And where is your black pistol? -
On Bolshoi Karetniy Street
And where today are you not? -
On Bolshoi Karetniy Street

It’s renamed now
Believe it or not, everything there is new
And everywhere you haven’t been and where you can’t run around
No more no more, yes along Bolshoi Karetniy Street you can still go

 
Where are your 17 years? -
On Bolshoi Karetniy Street
And where are your 17 misfortunes? -
On Bolshoi Karetniy Street
And where is your black pistol? -
On Bolshoi Karetniy Street
And where today are you not? -
On Bolshoi Karetniy Street