Trial and prison - it痴 all left behind. So is the prosecutor, judges, and the lawyer. And now I wait, and now I wait - Where I知 going to be sent, Where I値l be sent to work for no money. My mother, start to cry, Start thinking and guessing Where, where I値l be sent, My mother, start to cry, But I don稚 care one bit at all Where, where I値l be sent. To Vorkuta the parcels go too long, To Magadan they値l get in no time, And there are those bastards and bitches Who knows, if they値l give anything to me? My mother, start to cry, Start thinking and guessing Where, where I値l be sent, My mother, start to cry, But I don稚 care one bit at all Where, where I値l be sent. Already I hear the footsteps outside, Opened the door and got me out of bed, And very soon, yes, very soon, they値l take me for a ride, But they won稚 tell me exactly where. My mother, start to cry, Start thinking and guessing Where, where I値l be sent, My mother, start to cry, But I don稚 care one bit at all Where, where I値l be sent. Finally we arrived - the unfamiliar train station. Thank God, they sell tobacco here. And they said, that they池e taking me to some distant land, Somewhere to the Kolsky Peninsula. My mother, start to cry, Start thinking and guessing Where, where I値l be sent, My mother, do not cry, Start thinking and guessing When, when will I return?
Nathan Mer. Translation, 1991