The Colors of Red and White

Revised on  Dec 16, 2010
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I would have a glass of dry red wine
for there is no better friend to me tonight.
Calming this mad gloomy world, first snow
falling down, quiet, peaceful, slow

Covering all garbage, sludge and mud,
Healing our pains and fears and grieves,
first snow fascinatingly is falling down
on the hats and cats, on the fields and streets.

White and clean, first snow's falling down.
People and cars and busses, birds and dogs
leave footprints on its chaste pure cover…
Yet there's nothing in my old mailbox.

Now I can discern through the line of years
an indistinct vanishing and misty trace.
Look, do you remember those two careless teens?
They're in love, and they are you and me.

It is simply first snow falling down tonight.
Let them fly away, bustling hours, days, weeks.
I will always hear your voice plain and clear.
And I'll have a crystal glass of dry red wine.

Cause first snow is covering my way tonight.

Pavel Nichkov
Dec 16, 2010
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Initial version
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I would have a glass of red wine
for there is no better friend alongside me tonight
now, when, calming this world of madness and gloom,
first snow is falling, so slow, so white, so peaceful, so quiet.

Covering all the sludge and garbage and mud,
Healing us of our pains, separations and griefs,
the first snow is fascinatingly falling down
upon hats and cats, upon fields and streets.

White and clean, first snow is falling down.
People and cars, birds and dogs
leaving footprints on the integrity''s cover.
And yet, not a single line from you I have got.

After all I can see through so many years
an indistinct vanishing misty trace.
Look, do you remember those two careless teens?
They''re in love, and were not they just you and me?

It is simply first snow falling down tonight.
Let them fly away, fussy hours, days and weeks.
I will always hear your far voice plain and clear.
And then I would have a crystal glass of dry red wine.

For it is that first snow''s falling down on my way tonight.
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Pavel Nichkov