1938 [English translation]

They can't take their eyes off the road

The finger on the trigger's guarding the border

Exactly like the commander said:

"You are to wait until the enemy comes."

Guns are like ice in one's hands

Then came an order to hold fire

It changes the men a lot

When they leave the fortification

When the great flag is being lowered from the pole

Lay down your arms! Go away!

Keep your head down! Give away the key!

Spines are breaking - because man

Doesn't forgive himself

Anger, and chewed lips

He found a box of cigarets by touch

For the first and last time he surrendered

Today he stood straight for the last time

It changes the men a lot

When they leave the fortification

When the great flag is being lowered from the pole

Lay down your arms! Go away!

Keep your head down! Give away the key!

Spines are breaking - because man

Doesn't forgive himself

Kicked away, like a football

He walks away from the border embarrasingly

He almost can't see through the tears

He envies the abbysnians1 in vain

It's not simple to accept it, just to stand quietly

Let them slap you around without any sign of ressistance

It changes the men a lot

When they leave the fortification

When the great flag is being lowered from the pole

Lay down your arms! Go away!

Keep your head down! Give away the key!

Spines are breaking - because man

Doesn't forgive himself

Iron then became slime

And a womenizer contracted syphilis

A hero spooked himself in the mirror

He told on his neighbour yesterday

It changes the men a lot

When they leave the fortification

When the great flag is being lowered from the poles

Lay down your arms! Go away!

Keep your head down! Give away the key!

Spines are breaking - because man

Doesn't forgive himself

Anger, and chewed lips

He found a box of cigarets by touch

It changes the men a lot

When they leave the fortification

When the great flag is being lowered from the pole

Lay down your arms! Go away!

Keep your head down! Give away the key!

Spines are breaking - because man

Doesn't forgive himself

For the first and last time he surrendered

Today he stood straight for the last time

1. ethiopians