When I did love... br By Robert Rozhdestvensky br br From the poem 'Before your coming' br br Lo- br (I need some air, br A little air and now! br Rather a little quantity...) br ve! br (Well, would you like to go br To somewhere br For a new chance, br Deadly, br Behind the ocean?) br br Lo- br (The god's thing - to god, br The women's- to women br Is said and awarded.) br ve! br (You are - conquered. br You are - unconquerable... br I need air! br Air!) br br Lo- br (The hands are scattered. br The lips are bited. br The hair is crumpled.) br ve! br (Walls br are diverging. br Stars are rocking br And bursting into the chambers.) br ve! br Somewhere there are the laws, br vetos, br outposts, br snowdrifts, br governments...) br br Lo- br (The witnesses lie, br The sleepy oceans look around br while getting cold.) br ve! br (Exclaim, the fearless! br Fall down, the naive! br Laugh, the shameless!) br br Lo- br (Let those twilights be br The curse br Or only a mistake...) br ve! br (Thrash in my hands br With every your bend, br With every your vein!) br br Lo- br (Let out a sob in delight, br Cry and slip out, br Tremble br And make complaints! ..) br ve! br Do you want - to go away? br Today? - br No problem. br Tomorrow? br No problem!) br br Lo- br (Do reign, a slave! br Outrage, a teacher! br Rave, a woman!) br ve! br (And here are your eyes. br Poor, br long br and crazy! ..) br br Lo- br The hell's hills are gazing into the skies br with the dark tusks.) br ve! br (Only do love me! br Please, hear: br Do love me! br Listen: br Do love me!) br br Lo- br (And forever! br From that moment - till end... br Here it is... br Here it is...) br ve! br We never shall part. br Never shall we... br I need air! br Air! ..