Песня Командировочного [Pesnya Komandirovochnogo] [English translation]

There is only one motive

With the ship

Comes a letter of credit -

Of twenty two roubles

.

Refrain:

And live another two weeks,

Work - for eight years, -

But I shall give proof

Of the frugality of an ascet.

She, in chararge for the etage

Had promised me for days

To let me into the hotel

Very quietly on my hands.

Refrain

In the dining-room number two

Always stands a kefir,

And my head is full of thoughts,

And everything - about the hereafter.

Refrain

I invited her into a cafe, -

O dear me, no romance, -

I ate and took to flight,

As if for the toilet.

Refrain

All the beaches are full

With charming widows, -

Ashamed to take off the trousers:

However I'm here in the cold.

Refrain

Oh damn Athon! -

I am in love like a plant-louse, -

I take the last funds-

All the twenty two roubles.

Charming, slim girls

All the money is spent on the passage

Probably, she

Today however will spend money on food.

Refrain: ................. a skeleton!

• Artist:Vladimir Vysotsky