Dina Verni The Cigarette Butt (Окурочек)

Дина Верни исполняет песню Юза Алешковского Окурочек. Translation (by MrBanbury, Youtube): From the white hell of Kolyma We were walking to the Zone in the freezing smoke, I noticed a cigarette butt with red lipstick And rushed out of the column to it. Stop or I ll shoot exclaimed the guard A nasty dog ripped my thick coat Dear little guards, calm yourselves I m already coming back. I haven t seen any birds for four years, But at last I ve had some luck Oh little butt, maybe from a Tu104 A wild wind swept you down to me. Both Kapalin who d strangled his wife And an active homosexual Were sighing every step back to the zone They didn t take their eyes of the cigarette butt. Who are you carrying on with, bitch Who are you sharing a fag with You re couldnt even get a ticket on the piss at Vnukovo Even to fly over my head. In your honour I fired round