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 Tu-104 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 couldn´t even get a ticket on the piss at Vnukovo Even to fly over my head. In your honour I fired round
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