Текст песни Бродский И.А. - Октябрь - месяц грусти и простуд

October is a month of sadness and colds,
and sparrows - proletarian birds -
captured in abandoned land
birdhouses, like the Smolny Institute.
And the crows, of course, are right there.

Although generally for the bird's mind
understanding is no worse than winter,
much more afraid of the flight
our long-nosed northern Icarus.
And therefore the shrill "carr!"
sounds to us like a patriot's song.