YA krichal: "Vy chto tam, obaldeli? -
Uronili shakhmatnyy prestizh!"
Mne skazali v nashem sportotdele:
"Aga, prekrasno - ty i zashchitish'!
No uchti, chto Fisher ochen' yarok, -
Dazhe spit s doskoyu - sila v yem,
On igrayet chisto, bez pomarok..."
Nichego, ya tozhe ne podarok, -
U menya v zapase - khod konem.
Okh vy muskuly stal'nyye,
Pal'tsy tsepkiye moi!
Eh, reznyye, raspisnyye
Derevyannyye lad'i!
Drug moy, futbolist, uchil: "Ne boysya, -
On k takim partneram ne privyk.
Za tyly i tsentr ne bespokoysya,
A igray po krayu - napryamik!.."
YA naleg na beg, na stometrovki,
V bane ves sognal, otlichno splyu,
Byli po khokkeyu trenirovki...
V obshchem, posle etoy podgotovki -
YA yego bez mata zadavlyu!
Okh, vy sil'nyye ladoni,
Myshtsy krepkiye spiny!
Eh vy koni moi, koni,
Oh vy milyye slony!
"Ne speshi i, glavnoye, ne gorbis', -
Tak bokser besedoval so mnoy, -
V blizhniy boy ne lez', rabotay v korpus,
Pomni, chto koronnyy tvoy - pryamoy".
Chest' korony shakhmatnoy - na karte, -
On ot porazhen'ya ne uydet:
My sygrali s Talem desyat' partiy -
V preferans, v ochko i na billiarde, -
Tal' skazal: "Takoy ne podvedet!"
Oh, rel'yef muskulatury!
Del'tovidnyye - sil'ny!
Chto mne yego legkiye figury,
Eti koni da slony!
I v bufete, dlya drugikh zakrytom,
Povar uspokoil: "Ne robey!
Ty s takim prekrasnym appetitom -
Vraz proglotish' vsekh yego koney!
Ty prisyad' pered dorogoy dal'ney -
I beri s pitaniyem ryukzak.
Na dvoikh gotov' pirog paskhal'nyy:
Etot Shifer - khot' i genial'nyy, -
A nebos' pokushat' ne durak!"
Oh my - krepkiye oreshki!
My koronu - privezem!
Spat' lozhus' ya - vrode peshki,
Prosypayusya - ferzem!