Александр Градский «Как молоды мы были», 5.06.2009
Alexandr Gradsky 5.06.2009.
«How young we were.»
Look back, unknown passerby,
Your incorruptible glance is familiar to me.
Maybe that's me, only younger?
We do not always recognize ourselves.
Nothing on earth passes without a trace,
And youth bygone is yet immortal.
How young we were!
How young we were!
How sincerely we loved
How we believed in ourselves!
Then they met us without laughing,
All the flowers on the roads of this earth.
Our friends for their mistakes we forgave
Only double-crosses we could not let go.
Nothing on earth passes without a trace,
And youth bygone is yet immortal.
How young we were!
How young we were!
How sincerely we loved
How we believed in ourselves!
The first half-time we have already played
And from it we could grasp only one thing:
That others not lose you on this earth ,
Try to not lose yourself!
Nothing on earth passes without a trace,
And youth bygone is yet immortal.
How young we were!
How young we were!
How sincerely we loved
How we believed in ourselves!
In the heavens, summer lightnings have come and gone
And in our hearts, the thunderstorm is calming down.
No way we will forget our loved faces
No way we will forget the eyes of our folk...
Nothing on earth passes without a trace,
And youth bygone is yet immortal.
How young we were!
How young we were!
How sincerely we loved
How we believed in ourselves!
Translated by John Smeeth.
