Леонид Дербенёв - Leonid Derbenyov
THE ONLY MOMENT… *
Everything is so inconstant in this mad world.
There is the moment like the only light:
The time between past and future: the only word:
Catch this dear moment called so dear name – ‘life’!
Let ancient pyramids, as still as a graveyard,
Always be resting – they will never fly…
But for a bright star – a hot-glaring, falling star,
The only moment is: to shine – and die!
Don’t stop, oh world! Don’t miss anything on your way!
If MINE ends: when – where could it be gone on?..
What can I lose, and what should not I miss today?
Only the moment! – which has come and gone.
Yes! If I shall have to meet the best or the worst –
There is the moment like the only light:
The time between past and future: the only word:
Catch this dear moment called so dear name – ‘life’!
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*Песня из фильма «Земля Санникова». (Прим. В. Б.)