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Is it possible to forget
those Russian boys,
Those lads for whom
the factory was like a home?..
In their fathers’ old caps
and threadbare jackets
The boys entered the year 1917…
The canons are pointed at their chests
and the wind is roaring at their backs…
Thus, the year 1917 met the boys.
The Revolution is looking
and its eyes are severe:
"Who are you? What are you?"
"What are you ready for?"
Stubborn hands were raised in reply:
"We are ready for heroic deeds!"
"We are ready to suffer!"
"For the sake of joy of the approaching lights,"
"For the hunger, for the gravestones’ cold,"
"We are ready for everything"
"for the sake of future days!"
"For the sake of future days!"
Each year the dawn
rose over the Earth,
And Russia was rising,
forgetting about the past…
It was pampering the boys
with its love
And warmed them
in its heart as it could…
But suddenly the year 1941
burst into fire
Girding the boys
with a soldier’s belt..
The Motherland is looking
and its eyes are severe:
"Who are you? What are you?"
"What are you ready for?"
Courageous hands
were raised in reply:
"We are ready for the battle!"
"We are ready for the years of separation!"
"We are ready for the joy of the victorious lights,"
"For hunger, for the gravestones’ cold,"
"We are ready for everything!"
"For the sake of future days!"
"For the sake of future days!"
Nowadays, the youth
are raising space rockets!
The Fatherland has given
everything they could wish for.
But from alien ranges
of the sleepless planet
Death threatens to destroy
the whole earth completely again!
The ashes of the atomic storms
are made red-hot!..
“What shall we do, boys,"
"to keep Youth alive?!”
History is calling
and its eyes are severe:
"Who are you? What are you?"
"What are you ready for?"
Strong hands are raised in reply:
"We are taking the whole big Earth"
"under our personal care."
"Flower and turn green,"
"our dear planet!"
"We love your shimmering lights."
"We will do everything"
"for the sake of your life!"
"For the sake of future days!"