If the guy on the peak got weak,
Found it all hard to bear — got scared,
Took one step on the ice — surprised,
And froze up, — paralyzed,
Then the one you held close is false,
Do not bother to yell — expel, -
We can’t take such aboard, and in short,
We don’t sing of his sort.
1966. Source of translation: https://sites.google.com/site/poetryandtranslations/vladimir-vysotsky/so...
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