Poems and Songs in Commentaries.
“The Cranes” by Rasul Gamzatov.
They stirred up the preadamite evil...
“To the Defamers of Rossia” by Alexander Pushkin.
Throw your blues as a cantaloupe rind!..
“O war! what thou know’st about, comrade?..” by Igor Girkin,
“There was a lad, who once lived in our village...” by Rasul Gamzatov,
“For that Young Fellow” by Robert Rozhdestvensky.
“The Captive” by Rudyard Kipling.
“At present I’ve been through with battles...” by Igor Girkin.
A Song about the Fallen Friend.
“Coming In on a Wing and a Prayer” by Harold Adamson.
TWO SONGS ABOUT THE AIR COMBAT.
“The Very Large Heaven” by Robert Rozhdestvensky.
“Blow the Very Cold Winds” by Stanislav Slutsker.
For long years, this day was awaited...
“In the world, there’s such a wonder...” by Alexander Pushkin.
This night the sea cannot relax...
“On the Death of Pompeii” by Alexander Pushkin.
“A Pirate Lyrical Song” by Bulat Okudzhava.
“The Russian Columbuses” by Stanislav Slutsker,
“Now we hear not the sound of the sea...” by Sergey Yanaev,
“The Naval Macaroni” by Anonymous,
“The Old-Timers Go Home” by Anonymous,
“When I am hearing this march...” by Anonymous.
“Albatrosses” by Stanislav Slutsker,
“The Ship” by Valery Belozerov,
“The Beginners” by Anonymous.
“The Submarine” by Anonymous,
“Kursk” and “The Steel Fellows” by Stanislav Slutsker,
“The Submariners’ Song” by Alexander Gorodnitsky,
“A Good-Looking Girl” by Alexander Zharov,
“The Tired Submarine” by Sergey Grebennikov,
“A Song about the Submariners” by Yury Vizbor.
A Ballad of the Abandoned Ship.
“I’ve gotten into a scrape, now I can’t leave the earth...” by Vladimir Vysotsky.
“Fann Mountains” by Yury Vizbor.
“The Alpinists’ Song” by Yury Vizbor.
“The Prophet” by Alexander Pushkin.
“The Cart of Life” by Alexander Pushkin,
“Cities and Thrones and Powers...” by Rudyard Kipling,
“Hail, guest, and enter freely!” by Robert Louis Stevenson.
“Speak Gently” by David Bates.
“The Two Roads” by Gabdulla Tukay.
If ye’ve found yourself in a strange land...
“When in thy course of life it happens...” by Gabdulla Tukay.
“To the Poet” by Alexander Pushkin.
“I’ve outlived my own yearnings...” and “The years passed, blood in my heart got cold...”
by Alexander Pushkin.
“The Ballad of Departing for Paradise” by Vladimir Vysotsky.
“If you were asked...” by Vladimir Vysotsky,
“The Exhortation for Myself” by Igor Girkin.
Don’t thou fall into gloom nor grow heated...
“If —” by Rudyard Kipling.
“Having wished to flee from sorrow and pain...” by Gabdulla Tukay.
“The Bridegroom” by Rudyard Kipling.
“Pray to the Mighty...” by Alexander Pushkin,
“The Book” by Gabdulla Tukay.
“Float the Clouds to Abakan” by Alexander Galich.
“Immorality” by Gabdulla Tukay.
An outsider will step in my soul...
“My Advice” by Gabdulla Tukay.
“Gipsy Vans” by Rudyard Kipling.
“A Case at the Mine” by Vladimir Vysotsky,
“The Ishim Waltz” by Sergey Galganov.
“The Prophet” by Mikhail Lermontov,
“Atlantes” by Alexander Gorodnitsky.
“The Hard Lot” by Gablulla Tukay.
I perceive neither angry nor blue...
“The Firs” by Gabdulla Tukay.
“Bound Rossia appealed to her sons...” and “The Destinies of Officer” by Igor Girkin,
“Rossia to the Pacifists” by Rudyard Kipling.
“From one to another thorp moved he...” by Joseph Dzhugashvili,
“Love thou life and love thy people...” by Gabdulla Tukay.
“There the Nightingale’s Warbling...” by Anonymous.
There is no more beautiful country...
“A Prayer” by Stanislav Slutsker,
“A Morning” by Joseph Dzhugashvili.
“Rossia” by Mikhail Nozhkin.
Give the starved dogs ends or bones...
“In Asia, or perhaps in Europe...” by Vladimir Vysotsky.
“An Astrologer’s Song” by Rudyard Kipling.
“Sadness” by Gablulla Tukay.
“When Earth’s last picture is painted...” by Rudyard Kipling.
“One can love...” by Gabdulla Tukay.
I lead my life in abject beggary...
“The City” by Yury Kukin.
I can’t seek the oblivion of sleep...
“The Poet” by Gabdulla Tukay.
“A Mouse That Fell into a Bowl of Milk” and “Yesterday and Today” by Gabdulla Tukay.
“Mama, mama, how shall I endure that?..” by Anonymous,
“Why do I stand all at sea...” by Vladimir Vysotsky.
He’d gotten whatever wanted...
“Against Gold” by Gabdulla Tukay,
“The Two Men” by Rudyard Kipling.
“The Lay Brother” by Joseph Dzhugashvili,
“There was a sovereign...” by Vladimir Vysotsky,
“Our port was often visited by ships...” by Anonymous.
“About My Master Sergeant” by Vladimir Vysotsky.
There are no more green oak trees...
“There’s a green oak by a cove curving...” by Alexander Pushkin,
“A fir-tree, green and little...” by Raisa Kudasheva,
“Blue Railcar” by Eduard Uspensky,
“Yellow Submarine” by Paul McCartney.
“There on the desert island...” by Vladimir Vysotsky.
The obstacles we have are begotten by our age...
“Road-Song of the Bandar-Log” by Rudyard Kipling,
“A Song about Our Earth” by Vasily Lebedev-Kumach.
The gentle animals and predatory beasts...
“Without the beasts, we would be beasts ourselves...” by Vladimir Vysotsky.
“The Poor Hare” by Gabdulla Tukay.
“To Civilization” by Rabindranath Tagore,
“The Secret of the Machines” by Rudyard Kipling.
At present my friend isn’t here...
“The Thousandth Man” by Rudyard Kipling.
“A Lullaby” by Gabdulla Tukay.
“Marina” by Sergey Lyubavin.
“To a Disgraced Tatar Girl” by Gabdulla Tukay.
“The Fool” by Rudyard Kipling.
“The Comprehension of the Truth” by Gabdulla Tukay.
“The Moth” by Gabdulla Tukay.
A Dialogue in front of the Television.
“Calmness in the House” by Gabdulla Tukay.
“The Gods of the Copybook Headings” by Rudyard Kipling.
“My Darling” by Stanislav Markevich.
A Lecture on the State of Modern Science.
“Let us raise our glasses...” by Alexander Pushkin.
Though I’m awake, I dream prophetic verses...
“My Star” by Gabdulla Tukay.
It’s my fate — to the finishing line, to the cross...
“Where Is Sweetness?” by Gabdulla Tukay.
“Repentance” by Gabdulla Tukay.
“I’ve built myself a monument mere hands can’t topple...” by Alexander Pushkin.
“The Prayer of Miriam Cohen” by Rudyard Kipling.
“I have eaten your bread and salt...” by Rudyard Kipling.
“If woman gets a thought...” by Akbar Muhammad.
“Beyond the path of the outmost sun...” by Rudyard Kipling.
The Poet’s dead! — a slave to honor...
“O you, smart and vainglorious sons...” by Mikhail Lermontov.