After all, it’s really mean to become entangled, -
And the comrade betrayed, the rascal, and told everything:
Of things long passed, about the row - he told everything to Sashka, -
And to two in blue, to two in plain-cloth, the black crow...

Good-bye, Tanya, and maybe - so long!
Good-bye, Tanya, if you are able - don’t be angry!
But all is so mean, that without further ado
Strike out of life a full precious quarter!

At court the judge said:
"Twenty-five! Till I see you!"
At former times I should have wrung ons’s neck
for such a speech!
And now - I endure the offence,
I don’t show, -
If I meet Sashka -
oh, how shall I beat him to a cripple!

Good-bye, Tanya, and maybe - so long!
Good-bye, Tanya, if you are able - don’t be angry!
But all is so mean, that without further adlo
Strike out of life a full precious quarter!