Высоцкий В. - Песня канатоходца... Посвящается Илье Л.
текст песни

He did not come out no titles, no growth.
Ne for glory, ne for a fee -
On his unusual style
He walked through life on a scaffold -
Tightrope, tightrope,
Stretched like a nerve.

Look - here it is
without insurance goes.
Slightly to the right slope -
fall, disappear!
Slightly to the left slope -
still can not save ...
But it should be, it is very necessary to pass
the four quarters of the way.

And its rays shot down a step,
And pricked, as if the laurels.
Pipe bursting - as two.
The cries of "Bravo!" its deafening,
A timpani and drums -
Like an ax on the head!

Look - here it is
without insurance goes.
Slightly to the right slope -
fall, disappear!
Slightly to the left slope -
still can not save ...
But now it is less left to go -
For three quarters of the way.

"Oh, how terrible, how bold, how cute!
Fight to the death - three minutes! "-
Expanding the waiting mouths,
From the stalls looked despondently
Midgets, midgets -
It seemed to him from above.

Look - here it is
without insurance goes.
Slightly to the right slope -
fall, disappear!
Slightly to the left slope -
still can not save ...
But quietly - it remains to pass
only two quarters of the way!

He laughed at the glory of the transitory,
But only wanted to be the first -
This try to ditch!
Not on a wire above the arena -
He nerves - the nerves of us -
It was a drum roll!

Look - here it is
without insurance goes.
Slightly to the right slope -
fall, disappear!
Slightly to the left slope -
still can not save ...
But Freeze - it remains to pass
no more than a quarter of the way!

Cried the trainer - and the beasts
Put a paw on a stretcher ...
But the verdict is simple and stark:
He was confused or convinced -
But in the sawdust, but in the sawdust
He shed blood and annoyance!

And today another
without insurance goes.
Thin cord under the foot -
fall, disappear!
Right, left slope -
and it does not save ...
But for some reason, it is also necessary to pass
the four quarters of the way!