Эй, шофер... [Ey, Shofyor...] [English translation]

Hey, chauffeur, drive to the Butyrski detached farm-stead,

Where the prison is, but drive faster!

- You, comrade, came too late,

you have the two years muddled up -

They have the prison already pulled down to bricks.

- A great pity and today I from early morning

Home decided to pay a visit to places ...

Now all right, whatsoever chauffeur,

drive me to the Taganka, -

Just to look, I used to be there.

- The old Taganka has been pulled down -

All completely, to the devil!

- Whatsoever, chauffeur, let's go back,

turn around your steering wheel, -

Thus we go home with nothing.

Or not, chauffeur, let's smoke,

Or still better - we drink quickly!

Drink that there remains

in Russia not one big prison,

That there'll be no more camps in Russia!

• Artist:Vladimir Vysotsky