"Проложите, проложите..." ["Prolozhite, prolozhite..."] [English translation]

Will you open, will you open

Just one tunnel through the creek?

Have no fear, you all are welcome

For the wine and grilled meat feast.

You could also bring your guitar,

Once you've done adjusting pegs.

Don't forget before your visit

First to dull your sharp-edged fangs.

When you'll figure that all roadways

Always lead to holy Rome,

Then you're welcome to move forward,

Then you visit any home.

Drop your knife that you've been hiding,

Cease your grudge against us all.

For the fording, for the crossing,

Bring a beam, at least a pole.

With the sowing, with the moving,

It is crucial to start.

If you miss it, then in future

You will have spilt milk to cry.

You would surely not be happy,

When next morning you will find

All new bridges were constructed

With no help from your own kind.

So, will you open, will you open

Just one tunnel through the creek?

Don't forget before you walk in,

First to dull your sharp-edged teeth!

• Artist:Vladimir Vysotsky