Когда окончится война [Kogda okonchitsya voyna] [English translation]

At the end of the war,

And a boy will run out for bread,

The Earth will be touched by silence

Inconceivable similar to the sky.

And in this fragile silence

God will tie times and fates,

Constellations will stand motionless

And the voice of someone will say quietly:

Mama, I have come back at home

Mama, I have come back alive.

God promised to forgive all in full,

At the end of the war

At the end of the war.

At the end of the war

And my people will heal wounds,

The new-born country

Will throw off relics of a giant.

And suddenly it will be found, that life

Has most important sense.

But we were as the catchers in the rye

Fighting against the own shadows.

Mama, I have come back at home

Mama, I have come back alive.

God promised to forgive all in full,

At the end of the war

At the end of the war.

At the end of the war

As the one faith in charity

Love will remain only

As the final religion for all people.

And from century to century without love

On this small planet

We are not enemies to one another

But simply we are abandoned children.

Mama, I have come back at home

Mama, I have come back alive.

God promised to forgive all in full,

At the end of the war

At the end of the war.

Mama, I have come back at home

Mama, I have come back alive.

God promised to forgive all in full,

At the end of the war

At the end of the war.

Mama, I have come back at home

Mama, I have come back alive.

God promised to forgive all in full,

At the end of the war

At the end of the war

At the end of the war.

• Artist:Sergey Trofimov