格利克的曲調來自波克拉斯兄弟和創作的戰前蘇聯歌曲。原題《捷列克哥薩克進行曲》（Терская походная），後來更名為《哥薩克之歌》，後來又以第一行的歌詞「那些不是雲，而是雷雨雲」（「То не тучи - грозовые облака」）為標題。原歌詞由阿列克謝·蘇爾科夫創作。像很多蘇聯歌曲一樣，原曲本身有一段歷史。該曲創作於1936年秋天，在1937年蘇聯關於1936年紅軍軍事演習的紀錄片《勞動人民之子》中首次演出。影片的標題暗指紅軍的效忠誓言：「我，勞動人民的兒子……「（「Я, сын трудового народа...」）而歌曲標題指涉的是紅軍騎兵第6師，又稱「庫班-捷列克瓊哈爾哥薩克騎兵團，命名自布瓊尼」。
Zog nit keyn mol, az du geyst dem letstn veg,
Khotsh himlen blayene farshteln bloye teg.
Kumen vet nokh undzer oysgebenkte sho,
S'vet a poyk ton undzer trot: mir zaynen do!
Fun grinem palmenland biz vaysn land fun shney,
Mir kumen on mit undzer payn, mit undzer vey,
Un vu gefaln s'iz a shprits fun undzer blut,
Shprotsn vet dort undzer gvure, undzer mut!
S'vet di morgnzun bagildn undz dem haynt,
Un der nekhtn vet farshvindn mit dem faynt,
Nor oyb farzamen vet di zun in dem kayor –
Vi a parol zol geyn dos lid fun dor tsu dor.
Dos lid geshribn iz mit blut, un nit mit blay,
S'iz nit keyn lidl fun a foygl oyf der fray,
Dos hot a folk tsvishn falndike vent
Dos lid gezungen mit naganes in di hent.
To zog nit keyn mol, az du geyst dem letstn veg,
Khotsh himlen blayene farshteln bloye teg.
Kumen vet nokh undzer oysgebenkte sho –
S'vet a poyk ton undzer trot: mir zaynen do!
英語
Never say that you're going your last way
Although the skies filled with lead cover blue days
Our promised hour will soon come
Our marching steps ring out: 'We are here!'
From green lands of palm to lands with white snow
We come with our pain and our woes
And from where a spurt of our blood falls
Will sprout our strength and our courage
Today the morning sun will accompany us
And the night will fade away with the enemy
But if the sun waits to rise
Like a password this song will go from generation to generation
This song is written with blood and not with [pencil] lead
It's not a tune sung by birds in the wild
This song was sung by people amidst collapsing walls
Sung with pistols[4] in their hands
So never say that you're going your last way
Although the skies filled with lead cover blue days
Our promised hour will soon come
Our marching steps ring out: 'We are here'!
