ORDER IS GIVEN - TO HIM IS TO WEST

Words: M.Isakovsky

Order is given: to him is to west,

to her is to other side.
Komsomolcy went to
civil war.

They went away, separate (*),

left to native (mother) land,
Wish, you, dear, to me
something by farewell.

And dear girl answered:

"I wish from the bottom of my heart:
If death - then instantaneous
is wound, then small.

And stronger of all I wish

You, may comrade,
that you'll back home
with fast victory."

He shook her hands,

looked at her face:
"An still I ask you:
Write letter to me"

"But where shall I write?

How shall I know your path?" -
"It doesn't matter," , -
he said quietly.
"Write. Elsewhere!"

Order is given: to him is to west,

to her is to other side.
Komsomolcy went to
civil war.

(*) separate - to go to different directions

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Draft translation from Russian to English - "word-by-word rough text"

1st of July, 2006