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Translation
I dislike
I dislike when they call me by my name
When every other word they say is 'brother'.
I dislike when they pat my back
And smile shouting – 'long time!'
I dislike when they read my letters,
over shoulder deciphering their contents!
I dislike those, who think, that for everything
The best are lashes on a bowed neck.
I can't stand when they try to force me
I can't stand when they try to make me pity them
I can't stand when they walk all over me
Especially when they do it just to spit!
Can't stand the flies that feed on fresh blood
Can't stand the dogs tearing meat away!
Can't stand those with numb self certainty
Even when they choke on their pace!
I hate the helplessness,
With which the hunted look up the barrel of a gun!
I hate the bad coincidences that happen
When someone is about to achieve their goal.
I hate, hence, the unexplained causes,
I hate irremediable losses!
I hate to count unfulfilled wishes,
'fore my last is granted before I'm hanged.
I despise, when my call interrupts
In earpiece dry metallic thud.
I despise shots in the back of the head;
For salvo's in the air I only feel contempt.
I despise myself, when I cower,
When explanations I find for my villainy,
When I smile at those whom I serve
Whom with all my heart I hate!
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Submitted by 
Svarozhyc on 2019-07-26
Svarozhyc on 2019-07-26Last edited by Svarozhyc on 2021-08-23
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About translator
original 1976
per W. Wysocki https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vladimir_Vysotsky