music and lyrics by Vladimir Vysotsky
You did carry your misfortune
On thin spring ice
Ice has cracked, broken was your soul
You came to (the) bottom like a stone
But misfortune though it's hard
Lingered over the sharp edges
And misfortune since that day
Looked for you worldwide
And were rumours and gossips that came with it
But that you're not really dead
Just one old dry willow knew
And some pairs of quails that lived where you was
Who of them could say to him
Who was master of your dreams
But somebody betrayed you, spilt the beans
And in an agony of passion
He went there where you was
And misfortune with rumours followed him
He overtook you, caught you up
Hugged you, took you on his arms
And misfortune grinned near him in his saddle
But he couldn't stay with you
'Cause he had just single day
And misfortune lingered for all the time