Max Voerde. Kieler Schlossbrand 4 Jan 1944

...Высокие тонкие мачты
На рейде качает волна...
В агонии бьется эпоха,
Грохочет о скалы вода,
И все это кончится плохо...
Как, впрочем, везде и всегда.
Юрий Нестеренко

Take off and fight!

by George Right

All Europe is crushed by the German jackboot,
The Nazis are ready to win.
A bunch of old fighters - half-metal, half-wood -
Is almost all left in between.

For Britain, for freedom, for all we must save -
читать дальшеBad odds, but the stakes are too high! -
No rest, no repair, they come wave by wave,
Reload and get back to the sky!

Take off and fight!
This is our final stand.
Tremendous might
Is invading our Motherland.
No time to cry,
You still have some asses here to kick
Before you die,
So push the throttle and pull the stick!

The fires, ruins and ashes in Köln and Berlin.
The hell comes from heaven today.
The hordes of Lancasters and B-17s
Are sweeping our country away.

We are outnumbered at least one to five,
We're running of fuel - so what?
Our women and children are burning alive,
So fight, whether you can or not!