Я Помню [Ya pomnju] [English translation]

I remember almost to the minute

That day in September

When I recognized that in the morning

you weren't there...

I remember, how words made from lead1

tore me to pieces

How much it hurt me to meet

my father's eyes

And an autumn leaf fell down,

changing color,

And the world went after it

We waste our whole lives for the sake of lists

of unnecessary victories.

There is a time for everything, only soon

There will be no time

We don't appreciate, lose, and pay

with tears of loss

of the eternal line of epitaphs

and funeral dates

In my soul

your light remains.

It will live

but you no longer do.

Well if there was a chance

to change anything,

I would give everything

so that you could now be alive.

But you are no longer here

I only ask you, my brother,

forgive me for everything,

I couldn't help you,

and couldn't rescue you

But if there was a chance

to change anything,

I would give everything

so that you could now be alive.

In my soul

your light remains.

It will live

but you no longer do.

But if there was a chance

to change anything,

I would give everything

so that you could now be alive.

But you are no longer here

1. Presumably meaning written down in pencil