8 - A beautiful morning (7 mn 00) Act II Scène 4

The sun darts its first rays in the trench
they light my face, the weather is nice
It would be a pleasant morning
Had we not been ordered to attack.

The sun darts its first rays in the trench
That’s good this warms up my face, how nice it is
it would be a such a nice morning
If we were not to attack once again.

Now general Kornilov
Sends us to disaster again
Yes it will be only once more
Yes we know the process too well.

What am I doing ?
And will I stay long here ?
I will die here
What am I doing ?
Will I survive long here ?
I will die here! I'll snuff it here !

And that’s it we charge once again
As one man, we are the brave Russian soldiers
But the assault is a failure again
Our officers are not worth a brass farthing

the ennemy, under cover
Forces us to yield ground
And we have but one solution
We must withdraw and must protect our position.

What am I doing ?
And will I stay long here ?
I will die here
What am I doing ?
Will I survive long here ?
I will die here! I'll snuff it here !

But I think I’m going insane
Even far from the enn’my lines
And out of their firing range
my companions collapse, their bodies in shreds.

I do think I have got it right
By order of the general
Our machine-guns, our own bullets
Are shooting down our scared soldiers
Every reason for one to feel betrayed!

And I dunno how or why
But I went unharmed once again
I am disheartened, disgusted
I decide to try my best to desert

When the opportunity
Arises but it will not.
And my unit being destroyed
In one day I was transferred to the cavalry

What am I doing ?
And will I stay long here ?
I will die here
What am I doing ?
Will I survive long here ?
I will die here! I'll snuff it here !

The sun darted its first rays in the trench
they lit my face, the weather was nice
It would have been a pleasant morning
Had we not been ordered to attack.

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