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“Dark night”
(«Тёмная ночь», Агатов В.Г. (РУС>>ENG)

Such a dark night.
Only bullets are whistling in steppe,
Only wind is buzzing in wires,
Stars are blinking so dimly.

In such dark night
You, my darling, I know you’re awake
And you’re standing again next to crib
And you’re wiping your tears.

Oh, how I love
Such a deepness of your tender eyes!
Oh, how I want
Touch them tightly by lips this moment!
That darkest night
Separates us, my darling, again.
And disquieting tenebrous steppe
Is now lying between us.

Believe in you,
You’re my closest comrade-in-arms.
And this faith protected from fire
In that tenebrous nighttime.

I’m happy now,
I am quiet in this deathly fight,
Cause I know, you will meet me with love
Just whatever will happen.

Death isn’t dire,
I had met it for so many times.
So here again
It is flying above me closely.
You’re waiting me
And you’re standing awake next to crib,
That’s because I am so pretty sure
That the bad won’t happen.

(2023)