Это было так давно [Eto bylo tak davno] [English translation]

It was so long ago,

That even recalling it is sage,

It was so many years ago.

The house was as old as a cliff,

It took its roots from the windows,

And beyond the windows an abandoned garden was making noise. Those days were longer ones, I can’t remember better ones,

We had kind and loyal friends then.

And I was fabulously rich,

I had an abandoned garden,

I didn’t believe, that I would be older.

But the clock rang, it had rang,

And I hit my forehead against the wall.

Day and night all my thoughts are away –

I didn’t think but about one thing,

It came about like that and I grew up

Even to the grey hair,

It’s so easy to believe in that,

There’s no answer to the question.

I was young and I believed that,

There will be many many days

And I believed in it that being older

A hundred times smarter than children,

But the time arrived, I got older,

And there I saw,

There are so many stupid adults

Living all around me.

And I realized,

That the grass won’t grow on the stones

And children in the parks and gardens

Call me ,,YOU’’ politely,

A little bit again – to live, to breathe

And there, the trip is over

I wanted so to have a rest

From all these things.

And I remember like today,

That the door was open,

It was a sunny day

And the water was clear.

But today my term is over,

There’s a lock on the door,

The door is closed,

I’ve lost the key forever.

And last night I dreamed,

That I found my key in a dream,

And the lock fell down,

And the door is open now,

I couldn’t keep you,

And I stepped over the threshold,

And beyond the door it turned out … the emptiness.

• Artist:Mashina vremeni
• Album:Это было так давно...