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надобно

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на́добно (nádobno)

  1. (colloquial) one must, it is necessary
    • 1958, “Песня о тревожной молодости (Song of the Restless Youth)”, Lev Oshanin (lyrics), Aleksandra Pakhmutova (music)‎[1]:
      Не надобно нам покою,
      Судьбою счастлив такою.
      Ты пламя берёшь рукою,
      Дыханьем ломаешь лёд.
      Ne nadobno nam pokoju,
      Sudʹboju sčastliv takoju.
      Ty plamja berjóšʹ rukoju,
      Dyxanʹjem lomaješʹ ljod.
      We need no rest;
      [I'm] happy with this fate.
      Ye take the flame with your [own] hand,
      [And] with your breath break ice.