V tishi perevala, gde skaly vetram ne pomekha
Na kruchakh takikh, na kakiye nikto ne pronik
Zhilo-pozhivalo vesoloye gornoye ekho
Ono otzyvalos' na krik - chelovecheskiy krik

Kogda odinochestvo komom podkatit pod gorlo
I sdavlennyy ston yele slyshno v obryv upadet
Krik etot o pomoshchi ekho podkhvatit provorno
Usilit - i berezhno v ruki svoikh donesot

Dolzhno byt', ne lyudi, napivshis' durmana i zel'ya
Chtob ne byl uslyshan nikem gromkiy topot i khrap
Prishli umertvit', obezzvuchit' zhivoye ushchel'ye
I ekho svyazali, i v rot yemu vsunuli klyap

Vsyu noch' prodolzhalas' krovavaya zlaya potekha
I ekho toptali, no zvuka nikto ne slykhal
K utru rasstrelyali pritikhsheye gornoye ekho
I bryznuli slezy, kak kamni, iz ranenykh skal