Well done he turned to the old man:
He rode on, into those difficult distances,
Given the war, and dullness, sadness…
– What's that? " said the old man, watching the hero go.
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A soldier with honest blood
On the call he raced to his homeland,
In order to give my blood for her.
He raced through fields, forests, and rivers,
On Russia its land
Last time I saw him.
The prophet said to him one day:
He went without thinking about his life,
He was thinking only of her,
About whom I wrote poems both day and night.
Then he saw the assembled soldiers,
And there were friends, acquaintances, and brothers,
Before them is the voivode of their passing
They called him up and put him in the regiment,
With the squad in the capital far going.
Farewell to the flowers that grow out of the ground,
Soon you will grow on me!
Farewell to the distant heavens, I will look at your clouds,
Until my eyes are closed!"
A brave battle began, and the enemy attacked close by,
The heads of the friends dropped in an instant,
And how many tears will be shed,
Give me faith that I won't fall down here,
Return to the warm house, I beg you!
The enemy has come, perhaps I will die,
With one swipe of my hand, I was on the floor,
And having shouted, my cry was heard by all.
And the battle was over, and the enemy was running back,