A great Vysotsky tune about Magadan, a secret town made for Soviet prison camps.
www.kulichki.com/vv/audio/ram/moj-drug-uexal-v.ramMY FRIEND HAS LEFT FOR MAGADAN
To Igor Kukhanovski
My friend has left for Magadan,
remove your hat, remove your hat.
He left himself, he left himself,
not for a reason, not for a reason.
It's not that my friend was unlucky.
It's not that he did it in spite.
Not for rumors sake, "what a moron"
But just like that.
But just like that.
Perhaps someone will say "What for?"
How could you decide to become deprived?
Over there it's full of camps.
In them are killers, in them are killers!
He'll answer "Don't believe the rumors,
they're no more there in than in Moscow"
Then he'll pack away his suitcase,
to Magadan, to Magadan.
It's not because of my age,
I'd have jumped at night from an electric train.
But I'm not going to Magadan,
forgetting my habits, closing the quotes.
I'll be singing to the ring of my strings,
Of those things which he will see,
Of that which in his life he didn't see,
about Magadan, about Magadan.
My friend went by himself,
and that's enough, and that's enough.
The convoy won't be beating him.
He went voluntarily, he went voluntarily.
Now I have a lot from God.
Maybe I'll also go to Magadan.
Leave with my friend for one.
And lie on the bottom.
ÌÎÉ ÄÐÓÃ ÓÅÕÀË Â ÌÀÃÀÄÀÍ
Èãîðþ Êîõàíîâñêîìó
Ìîé äðóã óåõàë â Ìàãàäàí.
Ñíèìèòå øëÿïó, ñíèìèòå øëÿïó!
Óåõàë ñàì, óåõàë ñàì,
Íå ïî ýòàïó, íå ïî ýòàïó.
Íå òî ÷òîá äðóãó íå âåçëî,
Íå ÷òîá êîìó-íèáóäü íàçëî,
Íå äëÿ ìîëâû, ÷òî, ìîë, ÷óäàê,
À ïðîñòî òàê, à ïðîñòî òàê.
Áûòü ìîæåò êòî-òî ñêàæåò: - Çðÿ!
Êàê òàê - ðåøèòüñÿ âñåãî ëèøèòüñÿ?
Âåäü òàì ñïëîøíûå ëàãåðÿ,
À â íèõ óáèéöû, à â íèõ óáèéöû!
Îòâåòèò îí: - Íå âåðü ìîëâå.
Èõ òàì íå áîëüøå, ÷åì â Ìîñêâå.-
Ïîòîì óëîæèò ÷åìîäàí -
È â Ìàãàäàí, è â Ìàãàäàí.
Íå òî ÷òîá ìíå íå ïî ãîäàì,-
ß á ïðûãíóë íî÷üþ èç ýëåêòðè÷êè,-
Íî ÿ íå åäó â Ìàãàäàí,
Çàáûâ ïðèâû÷êè, çàêðûâ êàâû÷êè.
ß áóäó ïåòü ïîä ñòðóííûé çâîí
Ïðî òî, ÷òî áóäåò âèäåòü îí,
Ïðî òî, ÷òî â æèçíè íå âèäàë,-
Ïðî Ìàãàäàí, ïðî Ìàãàäàí.
Ìîé äðóã ïîåõàë ñàì ñîáîé,
Ñ íåãî äîâîëüíî, ñ íåãî äîâîëüíî.
Åãî íå áóäåò áèòü êîíâîé,
Îí - äîáðîâîëüíî, îí - äîáðîâîëüíî.
À ìíå óäåë îò áîãà äàí...
À, ìîæåò, òîæå â Ìàãàäàí
Óåõàòü ñ äðóãîì çàîäíî
È ëå÷ü íà äíî, è ëå÷ü íà äíî.
