The guys gave me such a tip! On the outskirts, where there are no street lamps, If everything works out - I’ll be set for life and quit, - I will provide for myself and my best friends. But at twelve o’clock people want to sleep, right? Tomorrow they have get up for work, - I can not disturb them - I’m not going to steal tonight, - I’m reluctant to disrupt the sleep of folks! The boys told me, that there lives an actress, That she has diamonds, gold and some money, - And that all will be quiet, without any risk, - Well, and after, of course, we will be running. But at twelve o’clock people want to sleep, right? And the actress has to go to work and get up, - I can not disturb her - I’m not going to steal tonight, And her sleep I’m reluctant to disrupt! My friend Michael told me he has found, that she has a saving account, - It couldn’t be, it couldn’t - our actress hasn’t got a cent! "But I did discover, she has a lieutenant colonel, he is her - her-her lover!" Michael, what a sod, he convinced me with that argument. But at twelve o’clock people want to sleep - Tomorrow they have get up for work... So what, they won’t sleep! - I’m coming,though not happy, not a bit: I’m reluctant to disrupt the sleep of folks! ...I’ve told the guys, that she is not rich at all: Diamonds are fakes, the lieutenant colonel gave her a slip. Well, and this actress, she is about 300 years old, - i will never forgive myself, that interrupted her sleep! But at twelve o’clock people want to sleep, right? Tomorrow they have get up for work, - I can not disturb them - I’m not going to steal tonight, - I’m reluctant to disrupt the sleep of folks!
© Anatoli Trojanowski. Translation, 2018