Skazhi mne, drug, chto mozhet byt miley

Ulybki, chto kak solnyshko siyayet

I na urokah v shkole otrazhayet

To serdtse, chto v rukah uchiteley?

Da, chto zhe pervoklashki toy svetley

I s chem yeye doveriye sravnitsya?

Dusha yeye, svobodnaya kak ptitsa,

Dobreye samyh dobryh v mire fey.

Chto mozhet byt prekransneye kosichki

Malyshki, ot kotoroy pryachut spichki?

Yeye rodnaya starshaya sestrichka

Ne smozhet dlya menya byt vmesto ney.

I chto dushe rodneye, chto krasivey,

Chem vzyat yeye, obnyat da pokatat?

Sklonyalsya ya dushoy v pechali ivoy,

Kogda menya rugala yeye mat.

Skazhi mne, drug, hotel by ty vzamen

Toy zhizni, chto velit nam toropitsya

Hotya by raz poymat krylo zharptitsy

I uletet pod veter peremen?

V stranu, gde druzhbe net ogranichenya,

Gde mesto yest vsegda dobru, lyubvi,

O, veter peremen, bez promedlyenya

Menya tuda i vseh nas unesi!