Not everyone could get into our tight group,
And one day - I damn the date -
I took him with me and said:
"He’s with me boys, pour for him!"

He drank like everyone else and acted like he was glad,
While we - we accepted him like a brother...
But he sold everyone out the next day, -
I was mistaken - forgive me, boys!

I don’t remember the judge - it was unbearable,
Later the barracks, cold as a grave, -
It seemed to me that all around was an endless night,
Especially since it really was like that.

Nonetheless, I’m saving the last of my strength, -
He thinks that there’s no coming back from here,
He buried us all too early, -
He’s mistaken - believe me, boys!

And the day will come - when there’s no night for a year, -
All I ask, is that when it’s payback time:
"Since it was I who brought him then -
Give him to me, boys!.."