Cosmic tango

Words by Igor Mikhailusenko
Music by Lyudmila LYADOVA

On a quiet night, uneartly,
Over Saturn - first time thus -
Two young beings danced the tango,
Thinking tenderly of us.

Two young beings danced the tango,
Danced away outside our Earth,
And to distant cosmos vistas
Rocket ships sailed peaceful forth.

Two young beings danced the tango -
Saturn gave that pair a ring,
Cupid aimed straight at their hearts then
In that interplanet Spring!

On a quiet night, unearthly,
Ships went soaring to some star,
And the Nebula Andromeda
Beckoned to them from afar.

Two young beings danced the tango
There, where not a birch tree gleams,
And they saw our earthly copses,
In their starry world of dreams.

Two young beings danced the tango,
And they dreamed, one short sweet space,
Native nightingales a-trilling,
And the Earth's most lovely face!

      (Repeat the last four lines)

         Translated from Russian
          by Walter May