On a parallel chessboard, Other rules reign, Other rooks, kings, Other pawns line up, They are invisible to the eye, But their shadows are sometimes strong, And we sometimes, On our chessboard, We carry out a check, we carry out a checkmate, We spend many years in a row, Saving self-confidence, Growing old and already wheezing, But we return back, To the first row, And the monument of achievements, Returns to smoke in a moment.