If I could ever forget you, 

And rip you out of my heart, 

Get back to time when we were strangers, 

I would regain my peace of mind. 

If I could ever stop to love you, 

My heart would never ache again. 

The Sun is powerless to ever 

Warm up my poor, aching heart. 

It only needs your love, my dear, 

However, you’re nowhere near 

And happiness in not in sight. 

If I could find you on this planet, 

A distant glimpse of you I’d steal, 

And cheat my heart into believing 

That you once loved me true , for real. 

But stubborn heart refuses to accept them, 

The lies of nebulous love, 

And day and night it weeps, bemoaning 

The loss which never was a find! 

Regrets believing in a sweet delusion, 

Laments the bitter tears shed for someone 

Who never cared for the aching heart. 

If I could comprehend the misery 

Of life without you, 

I would avoid that fatal rendez-vous. 

And if I knew that in my dreams you’d come, 

I’d take a chance and close my eyes forever. 

And if I knew I’d meet you up in Heaven, 

I would abandon life and rush to see you 

And share the Eternity with you! 

By Liana Margiva 

Translated from Russian by Anatol Kardiukov