When I was a boy, I asked my father - what will be my destiny?|Will I be a farmer,|will I plow the land, will I raise my children, live by my own hand?||He said Pyotr be a soldier, there is no land for you, he said Pyotr be a soldier.||Pyotr be a soldier, you have only older brothers, there's no land left for you.||So I became a soldier, and my dreams they stayed behind, my dreams they stayed behind.||He said Pyotr be a soldier, there is no land for you, he said Pyotr be a soldier.||Now I was a soldier, marching wherever duty did command.|No land did I inherit, no children did I raise.|Now I was a soldier, and fighting was my trade.|I fought for fame I fought for duty|I fought for my motherland|In the end the fighting found me too.|Pyotr be a soldier, now it's the land that covers you||Pyotr was a soldier