Я как-то вышел из дома,
Смотрю, куда-то все бегут.
Спросил я: "Простите, куда вы спешите?
Быть может, на работу или в институт."
Меня никто не заметил,
Остался без ответа мой вопрос.
Подумал я, это, видно, эстафета
Или кросс. Но кто-то произнес:
Кто не успел, тот опоздал!
Кто не успел, тот опоздал! 
Я, впрочем, вышел за хлебом,
Но в магазине оказался перерыв.
Мне стало обидно и чуточку стыдно,
И я подумал, загрустив:
Кто не успел, тот опоздал,
Кто не успел, тот опоздал.
Я вспомнил, что мне нужно ехать,
Поймал такси и ринулся на вокзал.
Мой поезд умчался, а я остался
И мудрый стрелочник сказал:
Кто не успел, тот опоздал,
Кто не успел, тот опоздал.
С тех пор летаю, как ракета,
Сам не могу себя догнать.
Ведь жизнь, видно, это - просто эстафета,
В которой кто-то должен проиграть.
Кто не успел, тот опоздал,
Кто не успел, тот опоздал.
Кто не успел, тот опоздал...                        
                      
                      
					  						  I somehow left the house 
I look, everyone runs somewhere. 
I asked: "Sorry, where are you in a hurry? 
Perhaps to work or at the institute. " 
Nobody noticed me 
My question remained unanswered. 
I thought, this is apparently a relay 
Or cross. But someone said: 
Who did not have time, he was late! 
Who did not have time, he was late! 
However, I went out for bread, 
But there was a break in the store. 
I felt offended and a little as a shame, 
And I thought, saddening: 
Who did not have time, he was late 
Who did not have time, he was late. 
I remembered what I need to go 
He caught a taxi and rushed to the station. 
My train rushed away, and I stayed 
And the wise switchman said: 
Who did not have time, he was late 
Who did not have time, he was late. 
Since then I have been flying like a rocket 
I can't catch up with myself. 
After all, life, apparently, is just a relay, 
In which someone should lose. 
Who did not have time, he was late 
Who did not have time, he was late. 
Who did not have time, he was late ...