Poems and Songs of Vladimir Vysotsky. Life Is Twisted.

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Commentary to the song “Give the starved dogs ends or bones...”

There is Vladimir Vysotsky’s poem “In Asia, or perhaps in Europe...” (1969), which has much in common with this song.

Because of the loss of faith in Gog and, as a result, fighting with Nature for im­prove­ment of conditions of this transitory life — what has spilled over into thoughtless de­stroy­ing the forests and poisoning the earth, water and air — man has gotten the spiritual emp­ti­ness, feeling the senseless of life.

The presented text is partly adapted from George Tokarev’s translation.

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