Текст песни Александр Городницкий - Штутгарт

I was once young and bezus,
Let nothing be understood now.
Zus was hanged in this city,
This square bears his name.
The duke had him with his right hand,
All the rulers of the surrounding area are wise,
Aside from the German authorities, such
Not a single Jew sought.

Sparing neither wealth nor strength,
Becoming a legend of distant times
He loved many German women,
And for this he was eventually executed.
I read this half a century ago
At the window hung with seated
And Leningrad was freezing outside the wall,
And outside the wall the war was raging.

Everyone will say, whoever I ask,
In this city, Zyus was hanged.
Why am I breathing freely here?
Am I afraid to return to Russia?
I remember him today,
The last one rejected the path to salvation,
Where wine rises in the sun
Vineyards of the state of Württemberg.

1998