Солдатская печаль [Soldatskaya pechal'] [English translation]

One soldier was coming back to his own home from the war

He escaped seven deaths and survived

He carried some gifts for his family in a shabby backpack

He met a neighbor near the village fence

Who huged him and said: "there is no home any more.

You can't recover to life your mother, father and your sister"

And at that great day he went crazy

And he was keeping silent for two days and two nights

And only at the third day he left with a submachine gun

Soldier understood what he wants

He crossed the border and came into the country

Which recently waged a war against

There were starvation like a vulture and snow and hillocks

He started searching for an appropriate village

Between two rivers near the forest situated

With a house, where mother , father and their daughter live

And at that great day he went crazy

And he was keeping silent for two days and two nights

And only at the third day he left with a submachine gun

Soldier understood what he wants

"Here I am to revenge you—

I want the same fate for you

You will pay for the death of my family"

They are looking in his eyes and saying nothing

A girl , old woman and legless old man

And there is an empty bowl on the tablecloth

And silently sitting on the chair he went crazy

Untied the backpack and took off his shoes

And he flung away bayonet and submachine gun in the corner

"I brought something to eat, I came back"