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Жил я с матерью и батей
I used to live with my parents on Arbat Street - I wish I could go back to those days.

На Арбате, - век бы так.
Arbat Street was my home, and it was my paradise.

А теперь я в медсанбате
But now, I'm stuck in a military hospital, bedridden and wrapped up in bandages.

На кровати, весь в бинтах.
I'm confined to my bed, immobilized by my injuries.

Что нам слава, что нам Клава-
What's the point of fame or the attention of pretty nurse Klava?

Медсестра и белый свет!
I don't care about anything right now, except for the pain and suffering I'm experiencing.

Помер мой сосед, что справа,
My neighbor on the right has died in the hospital.

Тот, что слева - еще нет.
My other neighbor on the left is still alive but is giving me a hard time.

И однажды - как в угаре -
One day, my left neighbor said something that made me question my own sanity.

Тот сосед, что слева, мне
He said to me, 'Listen, buddy...you don't have any legs.'

Вдруг сказал: - Послушай, парень,
I was shocked and thought he was joking or crazy.

У тебя ноги-то нет.
But he kept saying it, even when he was delirious from fever.

Как же так! Неправда, братцы!
It couldn't be true, could it? Was I really legless?

Он, наверно, пошутил?
Maybe he was just joking around, trying to mess with me.

- Мы отрежем только пальцы, -
The doctor told me that they would only need to amputate my toes.

Так мне доктор говорил.
But my left neighbor wouldn't stop taunting me, even though I was in so much pain and distress.

Но сосед, который слева,
Even when he was asleep or out of his mind, he'd make fun of me and rub salt in my wounds.

Все смеялся, все шутил.
He laughed and joked about how I wouldn't be able to walk or see my wife again.

Даже если ночью бредил -
He'd even bring up my missing limbs in his fever dreams.

Все про ногу говорил,
He never let up, even when I begged him to stop and leave me alone.

Издевался: мол, не встанешь!
He taunted me scornfully, saying I'd never stand or walk again.

Не увидишь, мол, жены!
He even made cruel jokes about me going blind and never seeing my wife again.

Поглядел бы ты, товарищ,
He'd call me 'comrade' mockingly and insist that he was having a great time at my expense.

На себя со стороны.
He enjoyed making me suffer and feel helpless, and he didn't care if he was being cruel or not.

Если б был я не калека
If I still had my legs and could move around like before...

И слезал с кровати вниз,
...I would've attacked my left neighbor and punished him for his sadism.

Я б тому, который слева,
I would've confronted him and silenced him, so he wouldn't torment me anymore.

Просто глотку перегрыз!
I would've hurt him so badly, he wouldn't be able to say anything ever again.

Умолял сестричку Клаву
I begged the nurse Klava to show me what I looked like now, what my injuries were like.

Показать, какой я стал.
I wanted to see the truth, to see what my body had become after my service and my accident.

Был бы жив сосед, что справа,
If my right neighbor was still alive...

Он бы правду мне сказал...
...he would've told me the truth and kept me from going crazy or losing hope.