To crawl on the sand, to crawl your way
To love one who is waiting
To wake up in the dream from sweaty fear
Remembering only death in the darkness
And not telling anyone
Incomprehensible thoughts, words
Disloyal dreams
And to cherish under the mattress a portrait of wife
Compensating for the lack of moral foundations
Afghan syndrome!
To shoot, to throw, to lose your friends
To shoot, to kill unborn children
To send to their deaths battalions of soldiers
To send to death, then to suffer
To write poems about spring
Remembering those who just yesterday
Has been killed on this war
Has been killed on this incomprehensible war
Syndrome!
Afghan syndrome!
What does it mean to lose a war
It means to be ashamed of awards
It means to return to your country
Where you are shunned, as if you are a thief
What does it mean to lose a war
It means to learn to shoot
It means to come back and live like a coil spring
Gotten used to murder effortlessly
Afghan syndrome!