YA vyshel rostom i litsom -
Spasibo materi s ottsom,-
S lyud'mi v ladu - ne ponukal, ne pomykal,
Spiny ne gnul - pryamym khodil,
YA v us ne dul, i zhil kak zhil,
I golove svoyey rukami pomogal...
No byl donos i byl navet -
Krugom pyat'sot i nashikh net,-
Byl kabinet s tablichkoy: "Vremya uvazhay",-
Tam pryamo bez soli yedyat,
Tam shtempel' stavyat naugad,
Kladut v konvert - i posylayut za Mozhay.
Potom - zachet, potom - domoy
S sem'yu godami za spinoy,-
Visyat goda na mne - ni brosit', ni prodat'.
No na nachal'nika popal,
Kotoryy boyko verboval,-
I za Ural mashiny stal peregonyat'.
Doroga, a v doroge - MAZ,
Kotoryy po ushi uvyaz,
V kabine - t'ma, naparnik tretiy chas molchit,-
Khot' by krichal, azh zlo beret -
Nazad pyat'sot, pyat'sot vpered,
A on - zubami "Tanets s sablyami" stuchit!
My oba znali pro marshrut,
Chto etot MAZ na stroykakh zhdut,-
A nashe delo - sel, poyekhal - noch', polnoch'!
Nu nado zh tak - pod Novyy god -
Nazad pyat'sot, pyat'sot vpered,-
Signalim zrya - purga, i nekomu pomoch'!
"Glushi motor,- on govorit,-
Pust' etot MAZ ognem gorit!"
Mol, vidish' sam - tut bol'she nechego lovit'.
Mol, vidish' sam - krugom pyat'sot,
A k nochi tochno - zaneset,-
Tak zarovnyayet, chto ne nado khoronit'!..
YA otvechayu: "Ne kanyuch'!"
A on - za gayechnyy za klyuch,
I volkom smotrit (On voobshche byvayet krut),-
A chto yemu - krugom pyat'sot,
I kto kogo perezhivet,
Tot i dokazhet, kto byl prav, kogda priprut!
On byl mne bol'she, chem rodnya -
On yel s ladoni u menya,-
A tut glyadit v glaza - i kholodno spine.
A chto yemu - krugom pyat'sot,
I kto tam posle razberet,
Chto on zabyl, kto ya yemu i kto on mne!
I on ushel kuda-to vbok.
YA otpustil, a sam - prileg,-
Mne snilsya son pro nash "veselyy" navorot:
Chto budto vnov' krugom pyat'sot,
Ishchu ya vykhod iz vorot,-
Konets prostoy: prishel tyagach,
I tam byl tros, i tam byl vrach,
I MAZ popal kuda polozheno yemu,-
I on prishel - tryasetsya ves'...
A tam - opyat' dalekiy reys,-
YA zla ne pomnyu - ya opyat' yego voz'mu!