:48:02
Since the hour is getting late,
it is time to bless this abode.
:48:09
Deliver us from
the enemy schemes -
:48:11
and especially their
snipers and their artillery.
:48:15
The rations could be bigger -
:48:18
in case you have anything
in store for your children.
:48:22
Give us agreeable weather to make
guarding your cause easier.
:48:28
We welcome moonlit nights
as they ease the tension -
:48:31
and help economize
the use of flares.
:48:34
Protect the patrol men, guards,
seafarers and horse drivers.
:48:38
The artillery aren't
that important.
:48:41
Protect the Supreme Commander,
the Chief of the General Staff -
:48:44
and if you have time -
:48:47
the Army Corps, Division, Regiment
and Battalion Commanders -
:48:52
and especially the Machine Gun
Company Commander.
:48:56
And last: Keep our leaders
from banging their heads -
:49:00
against the Karelian pine again.
:49:56
What's all this?
Who are you?
:49:59
The sentry. You shouldn't
mess with a sentry.