Текст песни Лев Шаев - На реке Сухоне

ON THE RIVER SUKHONA

Lots of gray water
a lot of gray sky,
And a little shallow unsociable land,
And a few lights along the shore ... I would
Freelance sailor again
Hire ships!
So that with a cheerful soul
Sail into the unknown again
Maybe the old happiness will flicker ahead! ..
Meanwhile, they do not spare
This kind area
Like someone's revenge, torrential rains.
But on the other side under the flood
Dragged to the shore -
Apparently it is necessary - an old woman with a hump
But again the peasants rushed to the courtyard at a gallop
And with a cart, with horses
Perched again on the ferry.
Now, I think I would become a hairy ferryman!
If only I could choose it as others could -
Lots of gray water
a lot of gray sky,
And a little flat native land,
And a few lights along the coast ...

[1966]