степь да степь кругом

слова Ю. Кима, музыка Г. Гладкова
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y23ct4OhTwE

long and far your way and your path,
it is far, and wild, and deserted.
this remote spot
isn't for weaky souls,
long and far 's your road, your fate.
[ ossia:
this remote place
isn't for feeble brains,
long and hard 's your road, your way. ]

refrain:
oh prairie, prairie,
an infinite realm.
Indian arrows,
British steel.
heavy pay,
ridiculous cost.
the main thing is the hat
would stay as a whole.
and, of course, of some reasonal value
is for me what this hat is got clappped on.
la-la-la la-la-la la-la-la la-la.
that is how it comes.

to go fast means sooner to die.
going slow - hardly you'll come on.
so live - don't be scare,
let it come what may,
and of what will further - you'll grasp.

refrain.

there is still halfway onward.
already half way is behind.
go pray to the gods,
how many they're got -
there is still halfway ahead.

refrain.

#a_ex