Александр Маршал — Отец солдата song lyrics and translation

The page contains the lyrics and English translation of the song "Отец солдата" by Александр Маршал.

Lyrics

Когда в дни весенние
Сын, простясь, на войну уходил.
Их пятьсот пацанов в воскресение
Эшелон на Кавказ увозил.
У него сын любимый единственный
С детства с батей без матери рос,
Он не плакал, когда вместе с письмами,
Почтальон похоронку принёс.
Он не плакал и ночи простаивал
У штабов, что в чужих городах,
Он не плакал, но твёрдо настаивал,
И искал сына днями и в снах.
На него офицеры ругалися:
«Что тут трёшься, здоровый мужик?»
Только люди жалели, старалися,
Горе общим вдруг стало для них.
Он не плакал, когда ему кинули,
За смерть сына две тысячи рублей,
Он не плакал, толкаясь за спинами,
Постаревших от слёз матерей.
Он не плакал, и два года полные
Всё искал тело сына везде,
А портрет в рамке с лентою чёрною
Рядом с рюмкой стоял на столе.
Он заплакал в Ростове под клёнами,
Он заплакал, не в силах стоять:
В холодильнике в лаборатории
Тело еле сумев опознать.
Он добился, с трудом, разрешения,
Спрятав слёзы скупые в платок,
И сказал, глядя в небо весеннее,
«Скоро будем мы дома, сынок».
Он не плакал,
Когда в дни весенние
Сын, простясь, на воину уходил.
Их пятьсот пацанов в воскресение
Эшелон на Кавказ увозил.

Lyrics translation

When in the days of spring
The son, saying goodbye, went to war.
There are five hundred of them on Sunday
The train took them to the Caucasus.
He has a son a favorite the only one
Since childhood with my father without my mother I grew up,
He didn't cry when he was with the letters,
The postman brought the funeral.
He didn't cry and stayed up all night
At headquarters in foreign cities,
He didn't cry, but he persisted,
And he searched for his son for days and in dreams.
The officers swore at him:
"What are you doing here, big man?"
Only people were sorry and tried,
Grief suddenly became common to them.
He didn't cry when they threw it to him,
For the death of his son two thousand rubles,
He didn't cry as he pushed behind them,
Mothers who have grown old from tears.
He hadn't cried in two years.
I searched everywhere for my son's body,
A portrait in a frame with a black ribbon
It was on the table next to the glass.
He wept in Rostov under the maples,
He began to cry, unable to stand.
In the refrigerator in the lab
Barely able to identify the body.
He obtained, with difficulty, permission,
Hiding her stingy tears in a handkerchief,
And he said, looking at the spring sky,
"We'll be home soon, son."
He didn't cry,
When in the days of spring
The son, saying goodbye, went to the warrior.
There are five hundred of them on Sunday
The train took them to the Caucasus.

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