(28 November, 1915 - August 28, 1979)
WAIT FOR ME
to Valentina Serova
Wait for me, and I'll come back!
Wait with all you've got!
Wait, when dreary yellow rains
Tell you, you should not.
Wait when snow is falling fast,
Wait when summer's hot,
Wait when yesterdays are past,
Others are forgot.
Wait, when from that far-off place,
Letters don't arrive.
Wait with all you've got!
Wait, when dreary yellow rains
Tell you, you should not.
Wait when snow is falling fast,
Wait when summer's hot,
Wait when yesterdays are past,
Others are forgot.
Wait, when from that far-off place,
Letters don't arrive.
Wait, when those with whom you wait
Doubt if I'm alive.
Wait for me, and I'll come back!
Wait in patience yet
When they tell you off by heart
That you should forget.
Even when my dearest ones
Say that I am lost,
Even when my friends give up,
Sit and count the cost,
Drink a glass of bitter wine
To the fallen friend -
Wait! And do not drink with them!
Wait until the end!
Wait in patience yet
When they tell you off by heart
That you should forget.
Even when my dearest ones
Say that I am lost,
Even when my friends give up,
Sit and count the cost,
Drink a glass of bitter wine
To the fallen friend -
Wait! And do not drink with them!
Wait until the end!
Wait for me and I'll come back,
Dodging every fate!
"What a bit of luck!" they'll say,
Those that would not wait.
They will never understand
How amidst the strife,
By your waiting for me, dear,
You had saved my life.
Only you and I will know
How you got me through.
Simply - you knew how to wait -
No one else but you.
Dodging every fate!
"What a bit of luck!" they'll say,
Those that would not wait.
They will never understand
How amidst the strife,
By your waiting for me, dear,
You had saved my life.
Only you and I will know
How you got me through.
Simply - you knew how to wait -
No one else but you.
1941
(Source)
Várj reám, s én megjövök,
hogyha vársz nagyon,
várj reám, ha sárga köd
őszi búja nyom;
várj, ha havat hord a szél,
várj, ha tűz a nap,
várj, ha nem is jön levél
innen néhanap;
várj, ha nem vár senkit ott
haza senki már,
s ha nógat is bárki, hogy
nem kell várni már.
Várj reám, s én megjövök.
Fordulj daccal el,
ha álltatják ösztönöd,
hogy: feledni kell...
ha lemondtak rólam már
apám s lányom is,
s jóbarát már egy se vár--
...szinte látom is:
borral búsul a pohár,
s könnyet ejt szemük,
rám gondolva. De te várj
s ne igyál velük.
Várj reám! Ó átkelek
minden vészen én.
Aki nem várt, rám nevet:
"Szerencsés legény".
Nem tudhatja senki sem,
te meg én csupán,
hogy te jártál ott velem
öldöklő csatán,
s te mentettél meg, de hogy?
Egyszerű titok:
várni tudtál rám, ahogy
senki sem tudott.
Lányi Sarolta fordítása
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