Песня о звездах [Pesnya o zvezdakh] [English translation]

I will never forget this fight -

Death is saturated with air, -

And from the sky silent rain

The stars fell.

I fell again - and I wished:

Get out of battle alive, -

So my life I hurriedly tied

With a stupid star.

I already decided: the trouble has passed

And managed to get out, -

A crazy star fell from the sky -

Right under the heart.

We were told: "We need height!"

And "Do not feel sorry for the cartridges!" ...

Won rolled the second star -

You on epaulets.

These stars in the sky are like fish in ponds.

Enough for everyone with excess

If not for death, I would go then

Also - a hero.

I would give the Star this son,

Just - in memory ...

In the sky, the hanging star disappears -

Nowhere to fall.

• Artist:Vladimir Vysotsky