Song of the k / f "Ivan Nikulin Russian sailor" On the branches of a wounded poplar The warm breath of wind. Above the desert raid of Sevastopol Neither the crescent moon, no lights. That night quarters scorched, Breaking breasted the darkness of night, It was a sailor, saying goodbye to the bastions, With a dead ship's side. It was a sailor on the bays dull, Where is the soul of all the pebbles are lovely. At the cemetery, the graves of the old The guards raised their trunks. He stood. striped vest Caked with thick patches. He said; "I'm rich make war, With your black pack fought his heart's content. " On the branches of a wounded poplar The warm breath of wind. Above the desert raid of Sevastopol Neither the crescent moon, no lights. 1943