To Anna

Like a star that shines so brightly
In the cloudless night sky.
Like the Sun, that day being rainy
Gifts to gloomy human mind.

You appeared at the doorstep,
Glanced at me with flashing eyes
Sudden trembling ran down through me,
Heart then beat with violence.

You smiled and light filled the room,
Light much brighter than of Sun or Moon.
You made me wholly forget myself
Mistress of beauty like little elf…

What happened to me?
It’s too hard to explain,
But it seems to me
I’m in love again.
Two times I did feel it
But this is the last
And the strongest I deem that,
I fell in love fast.

If I dared to hope for such thing
As for you could talk to me.
Splendid voice and smile of sunlit
Rose my heart from misery.

Harder, deeper I was drowning
In this splendor by my side
Ray of hope gleamed – hope of my being
Not so lonely for a long while.

Our chat was the lightest I’ve ever felt
There were something from heavens and something from hell.
Too soon it was over but it did allow
Me to go on chatting walking high and low.

Oh, what it shall be,
I can’t tell you right now
But probably third fee
Shall be a lucky one.
The main thing to me –
Not to repeat the mistakes
That were made foolishly
In two previous campaigns.

Night had shaded over city
All was quiet and we walked on,
Kept on talking, heart felt pity
For I not met you before.

Never I had had such evening
Both so long and then so short
Never will I have such meeting
Being able to break my heart.

The final point was reached at last
Point too familiar by my cloudy past
Departure tended to be extremely long
And she didn’t intend that I’d compose this song.

How much I do love you
I cannot express.
I feel it, I need thou
My heart is hard pressed.
A week has just passed since
I’m in love with thee
But working condition
Has not come to me.

The train came up slowly
As if unwilling to go
Last minutes of splendor
Were too much too slow.
I entered the train
And it went away fast
To save my heart bleeding
From remindings at last.