Words and deeds

Рамиро Лебедев-Толмач
You’re lucky, said my friend at lunch,
Your boss has always liked you very much.
He says, you’re great, hard-working and unique.
You lack the thing we all possess – fatigue!

But you look sad and somewhat out of place,
You don’t believe in our boss’s praise?
- I do, I do! I said with gloomy eyes
But will I live to see some day pay rise?