Владимир Высоцкий “Охота на волков“ | Vladimir Vysotsky “Wolf Hunt“
Франция, 1977 год
France, 1977
Vladimir Vysotsky - Wolf Hunt (1968)
I struggle with all my strength and my sinews,
but today is the same as yesterday:
They surrounded me, they surrounded
They run happily toward our numbers.
From behind the fir tree, double-barreled guns are fussing
There, hunters are hiding in the shadow
The wolves romp in the snow
Having turned into a living target.
The wolf hunt is going on
For gray predators the grown and the pups.
The beaters shout, dogs bark til they vomit,
Blood on the snow and the red spots of the flags
Our feet and jaws are quick;
Why then (leader, give us an answer),
do we, hunted down, race towards the bullet
And dont try to cross the forbidden?
The wolf should not, cannot do otherwise!
Here, my time comes to an end:
He to whom I am destined
Smiled and raised his gun.
The wolf hunt is going on
For gray predators the grown and the pups.
The beaters shout, dogs b