Текст песни Александр Солженицын - Через две решётки

THROUGH TWO LATTICES

You are like a young girl!
You're still the same, your face does not fade.
Having a fresh gift of love
Straighten up! take it off, dear,
Our engagement ring.

You do not know what it means to wait!
Get cold. Get stony. Hide.
Can a man not give up before life?
After all, not a year. After all, not three. After all, not five!
And with the war - fifteen!

Your freshness and color will fly around
Resistance will break under the ice.
Don't swear recklessly, no!
Even the fabulous term is seven years.
Even in fairy tales do not wait for so much ...

1947