| Облетают листья тополя,
| Poplar leaves fly around
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| В сквозняках дверями хлопает мой дом.
| In drafts the doors slam my house.
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| Словно конвоиров выстрелы
| Like guards shots
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| Да из подлобья взгляды низкие кругом.
| Yes, from the underside of the eyes low all around.
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| Ветер рощу за воротами рвёт,
| The wind is tearing the grove outside the gate,
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| Как строй зеков пред работами,
| Like a line of prisoners before work,
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| Им их звонки - колокола,
| Their calls are bells to them,
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| Вышки зон им колокольнями,
| The towers of the zones are their bell towers,
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| А тайги верхушки хвойные,
| And the taiga tops are coniferous,
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| Им, как святые купола.
| They are like holy domes.
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| Возвратился – дом пустой встречал,
| He returned - he met an empty house,
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| Тополь грустно головой качал - ждал снег,
| Poplar sadly shook his head - waiting for the snow,
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| И листву, теряя, рассказал,
| And the foliage, losing, told
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| Стариков моих как провожал на век.
| How I saw off my old people for a century.
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| Ветер рощу за воротами рвёт,
| The wind is tearing the grove outside the gate,
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| Как строй зеков пред работами,
| Like a line of prisoners before work,
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| Им их звонки - колокола,
| Their calls are bells to them,
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| Вышки зон им колокольнями,
| The towers of the zones are their bell towers,
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| А тайги верхушки хвойные,
| And the taiga tops are coniferous,
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| Им, как святые купола.
| They are like holy domes.
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| Кроме бога некому простить,
| There is no one to forgive except God
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| Кроме ветра некому мне мстить теперь.
| In addition to the wind, there is no one for me to take revenge now.
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| Облетают листья тополя,
| Poplar leaves fly around
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| И всю ночь стрельбою хлопает дверь.
| And all night the door slams with fire.
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| Ветер рощу за воротами рвёт,
| The wind is tearing the grove outside the gate,
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| Как строй зеков пред работами,
| Like a line of prisoners before work,
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| Им их звонки - колокола,
| Their calls are bells to them,
|
| Вышки зон им колокольнями,
| The towers of the zones are their bell towers,
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| А тайги верхушки хвойные,
| And the taiga tops are coniferous,
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| Им, как святые купола. | They are like holy domes. |