Chtenie knig - poleznaya veshch',
No opasnaya, kak dinamit,
Ya ne pomnyu, skol'ko mne bylo let,
Kogda ya prinyal eto na vid,
Mne skuchno smotret' segodnya kino,
Kino uzhe bylo vchera.
I kak kazhdyy den' zhdet svoyu noch' -
Ya zhdu svoe slovo -

Pora otkryvat' dveri,
Pora zazhigat' svet,
Pora ukhodit' proch',
Pora!

Ya ne znayu, kak by ya zhil,
Esli by ya zhil odin,
Osen' - eto tol'ko krasivaya kletka,
No v ney ya uzhe, kazhetsya, byl,
I ya prozhil tam svoi sorok dney,
I segodnya uzhe ne vchera,
Ya ukhozhu, ostavlyaya listok
S edinstvennym slovom - Pora!