Poems and Songs in Commentaries.
He Was Shot in the Fighting. — “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.
Condemned to Life. — “The Captive” by Rudyard Kipling.
Hunting for Wild Boars. — “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.
The White Silence. — “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 Song. — “A Pirate Lyrical Song” by Bulat Okudzhava.
The Storm. — “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.
Become a Seaman. — “Albatrosses” by Stanislav Slutsker, “The Ship” by Valery Belozerov, “The Beginners” by Anonymous.
We put out to ocean... — “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.
A Farewell to the Mountains. — “Fann Mountains” by Yury Vizbor.
In the Mountains. — “The Alpinists’ Song” by Yury Vizbor.
A Day. — “The Prophet” by Alexander Pushkin.
A Ballad of Time. — “The Cart of Life” by Alexander Pushkin, “Cities and Thrones and Powers...” by Rudyard Kipling, “Hail, guest, and enter freely!” by Robert Louis Stevenson.
A Song about Hurt Time. — “Do work, dear child!” by Gabdulla Tukay.
The Dark. — “The Two Roads” by Gabdulla Tukay.
A Ballad of the Free Archers. — “A Song of Robin Hood” by Leо Prozorovsky.
If ye’ve found yourself in a strange land... — “When in thy course of life it happens...” by Gabdulla Tukay.
On Fatal Dates and Figures. — “To the Poet” by Alexander Pushkin, “For Memory” by Gabdulla Tukay.
The Goner’s Song. — “I’ve outlived my own yearnings...” and “The years passed, blood in my heart got cold...” by Alexander Pushkin.
The Mystery of Hippies. — “The Ballad of Departing for Paradise” by Vladimir Vysotsky.
The Silly Dream. — “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.
What I Hate. — “Having wished to flee from sorrow and pain...” by Gabdulla Tukay.
Alyoha. — “The Bridegroom” by Rudyard Kipling.
The Criminal Code. — “Pray to the Mighty...” by Alexander Pushkin, “The Book” by Gabdulla Tukay.
We Have Gone. — “Float the Clouds to Abakan” by Alexander Galich.
All Is Iced. — “Immorality” by Gabdulla Tukay.
An outsider will step in my soul... — “My Advice” by Gabdulla Tukay.
A Gypsy Song. — “Gipsy Vans” by Rudyard Kipling.
Tumen Oil. — “A Case at the Mine” by Vladimir Vysotsky, “The Ishim Waltz” by Sergey Galganov.
ABOUT THE PROPHETS. — “The Prophet” by Mikhail Lermontov, “Atlantes” by Alexander Gorodnitsky.
A Robber Song. — “The Hard Lot” by Gablulla Tukay.
I perceive neither angry nor blue... — “The Firs” by Gabdulla Tukay.
The crown... — “Bound Rossia appealed to her sons...” and “The Destinies of Officer” by Igor Girkin, “Rossia to the Pacifists” by Rudyard Kipling.
The Wooden Clothing. — “From one to another thorp moved he...” by Joseph Dzhugashvili, “Love thou life and love thy people...” by Gabdulla Tukay.
A Ballad of the Past. — “There the Nightingale’s Warbling...” by Anonymous.
There is no more beautiful country... — “A Prayer” by Stanislav Slutsker, “A Morning” by Joseph Dzhugashvili.
Give the starved dogs ends or bones... — “In Asia, or perhaps in Europe...” by Vladimir Vysotsky.
About Signs of the Zodiac. — “An Astrologer’s Song” by Rudyard Kipling.
A Ballad of the Bath-House. — “Sadness” by Gablulla Tukay.
It’s the most wonderful... — “When Earth’s last picture is painted...” by Rudyard Kipling.
One can easy get the works... — “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.
Now without grinning... — “Life”, “A Mouse That Fell into a Bowl of Milk” and “Yesterday and Today” by Gabdulla Tukay.
About the Chinese Problem. — “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.
A Letter to “Incredible but True”. — “The Victim of Television” by Vladimir Vysotsky.
The Song of Goger-Moger. — “The Lay Brother” by Joseph Dzhugashvili, “There was a sovereign...” by Vladimir Vysotsky, “Our port was often visited by ships...” by Anonymous.
About Sergey Thomin. — “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.
In a yellow hot land... — “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.
The Nature Reserve. — “The Poor Hare” by Gabdulla Tukay.
To the wood... — “To Civilization” by Rabindranath Tagore, “The Secret of the Machines” by Rudyard Kipling.
My comrade now isn’t here, but... — “The Thousandth Man” by Rudyard Kipling.
A Lullaby. — “A Lullaby” by Gabdulla Tukay.
A Lyrical Song. — “Marina” by Sergey Lyubavin.
Catherine. — “To a Disgraced Tatar Girl” by Gabdulla Tukay.
A Sad Love Song. — “The Fool” by Rudyard Kipling.
TWO LOVE SONGS. — “The Comprehension of the Truth” by Gabdulla Tukay.
A Ballad of the Flowers. — “The Moth” by Gabdulla Tukay.
A Dialogue in front of the Television. — “Calmness in the House” by Gabdulla Tukay.
The Space Villains’ March. — “The Gods of the Copybook Headings” by Rudyard Kipling.
Dear fellows scientists!.. — “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.
The Event. — “Repentance” by Gabdulla Tukay.
The Monument. — “I’ve built myself a monument mere hands can’t topple...” by Alexander Pushkin.
The Appeal. — “The Prayer of Miriam Cohen” by Rudyard Kipling.
I Write to You. — “I have eaten your bread and salt...” by Rudyard Kipling.
The Wind. — “If woman gets a thought...” by Akbar Muhammad.
On Volodya Vysotsky. — “The Appeal” by Rudyard Kipling.
The Poet’s dead! — a slave to honor... — “O you, smart and vainglorious sons...” by Mikhail Lermontov.