Øåñòíàéñåò ãîäèøåí îòèäîõ íà âîéíà,
äà ñå áèÿ çà ñòðàíà íà ãåðîè,
ñ Ãîñïîä çàä ìåí, è ñúñ ïóøêà â ðúêà
ñêúñÿâàéêè äíèòå ñïîêîéíè.
Ìàðøèðóâàõ, è áèõ ñå, óìèðàõ, êúðâÿõ
è íèêîãà íå îñòàðÿâàõ,
íî çíàåõ òîãàç, ÷å ãîäèíà âúâ ôëàíã
çà âîéíèêà æèâîò å äîñòàòú÷åí.
Äîáðîâîëöè íèé áÿõìå,
è ñàìè ñå ïîäïèñâàõìå,
è íàäïèñâàõìå äâå-òðè ãîäèíè.
Æàäíè çà æèâîò, íèå ïúðâè çàãèâàõìå,
ãîòîâè çà ÷åñò è çà ñëàâà.
È êðåùÿõìå, è áèõìå ñå,
è ìúðñèõìå ñå ñ êðúâ –
äåñåò õèëÿäè, ðàìî äî ðàìî.
Ñúñ æàæäà çà ìúñò, íèé ïîòúâàõìå â êðúâ:
äà, òîâà ñà âîéíèöèòå ñàìî.
×óõ ïðèÿòåëÿ ñâîé
ïàäíàë íè÷êîì ðàíåí, äà âèêà
ìàéêà ñè è êðúâ äà õðà÷è.
È ïðîñòðÿõ ñå äî íåãî
è ñìúðòòà òúé ïîå íè,
ïðèòèñíàòè áëèçî îò ìàëêè.
È ëåæàõ âúâ êàëòà,
è êèðòà, è êðúâòà,
è äîäåòî èçñòèâàøå, ïëàêàõ.
È ìàéêà ñè âèêàõ,
íå äîéäå äàæå òÿ,
ìàêàð äîáúð äà áÿõ àç,
è äà íå áåøå ìîÿ âèíàòà.
È ïðåäè äåí äà ìèíå,
äåñåò õèëÿäè òúé ñè óìðÿõà, è äíåñ
íèêîé íå ïîìíè äîðè èìåíàòà.
Òàêàâà å ó÷àñòòà íà âîéíèêà.
Motorhead - 1916
16 years old when I went to war,
To fight for a land fit for heroes,
God on my side, and a gun in my hand,
Chasing my days down to zero,
And I marched and I fought and I bled
And I died & I never did get any older,
But I knew at the time, That a year in the line,
Is a long enough life for a soldier,
We all volunteered,
And we wrote down our names,
And we added two years to our ages,
Eager for life and ahead of the game,
Ready for history`s pages,
And we brawled and we fought
And we whored `til we stood,
Ten thousand shoulder to shoulder,
A thirst for the Hun, we were food for the gun,
and that`s what you are when you`re soldiers.
I heard my friend cry,
And he sank to his knees, coughing blood
As he screamed for his mother
And I fell by his side,
And that`s how we died,
Clinging like kids to each other,
And I lay in the mud
And the guts and the blood,
And I wept as his body grew colder,
And I called for my mother
And she never came,
Though it wasn`t my fault
And I wasn`t to blame,
The day not half over
And ten thousand slain, and now
There`s nobody remembers our names
And that`s how it is for a soldier.