Oh, General
It is not today that luck is yours
Here comes the Queen of Hearts
With her rubles and her pocket

Roulette is for everyone
But you run away
Bankers tell the rules tonight
But you await a telegram from the sky

I had bet on love and sent it away
I feel in Rolettenbourg roulette and have in my hands
The red card deck, and chips, and luck
I have with me cigars, power and lights
I've give my destiny
To the spinning of the roulette night

But darling, I warn you
Not all of you are big leopards
And not all lizards tend to evolve
Rolettenbourg is the cradle of the subalterns
And when Babushka leaves
She will take the neon with her

Oh, General
Let's go together to dissipate the loves
I see the doom
On the board
Exuding red steam
Let us be pawns

Not kings cornered
I do not want the weight
Of existence on my back
And there I go, in roulette, with ruble, the last

I had bet on love and sent it away
I feel in Rolettenbourg roulette and have in my hands
The red card deck, and chips, and luck
I have with me cigars, power and lights
I've give my destiny
To the spinning of the roulette night

But Babushka rushes on the train
With one hundred rubles in her pocket
She is the old queen at the top of the roulette
In Roulettenbourg everything will change, dear ones
I see the chips against the dog of destiny

I had bet on love and sent it away
I feel in Rolettenbourg roulette and have in my hands
The red card deck, and chips, and luck
I have with me cigars, power and lights
I've give my destiny
To the spinning of the roulette night