Звёздочка [Zvyozdochka] [English translation]

A little star came down from the sky

And said, a little out of breath

I fell in love with Samuil

With Samuil Marshak1

I searched for him a long time

Rushing around, flying everywhere

More than a few years have passed

And at last I found him!

He alone is dearer to me than anyone

He's not a boy, well, and what of it?

After all I'm not a young girl either

I'm seventeen centuries old, praise God

Samuil, having heard this

Laughed long and hard

You're funnier than anyone in the world

A merry widow

She wore out Samuil from laughing

She tired out the old man

I've been in the sky a long time

Come fly here

You looked for too long

And found a needle in a haystack

There's no sense in this, star

Go back again

A little star fell from the sky

She got caught on a hook

She hung there and said

Hello, dear little fool

You're the one I've been looking for

My dear beloved

You always look so mournful and

I came running after you

I've been watching you from on high

I like you, the only trouble is

You don't know how to fly, for sure

Lamented the star

But I'll sit on a rocket

And set off after the star

I have a wife and children

I'll take them with me

And the star answered me: Hold on, stop!

You're a bit too hasty, my dear

Let's start over from the beginning, la la la

Come on, repeat after me

A little star fell from the sky, la la la

And resolutely said, la la la

Goodbye my dear, sweet friend

I bid you farewell

It's time for me to go home

1. Russian and Soviet writer (1887–1964)