Дорожная история [Dorozhnaja istorija] [Transliteration]

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!

• Artist:Vladimir Vysotsky