Нежность [Nezhnost'] [English translation]

Without you, the earth is empty now.

How am I to live these next few hours?

In the gardens, leaves float through the air,

Taxis always in a rush somewhere.

It's just empty on the earth, alone,

Without you.

And you, you fly on,

And the stars reach out to you their tenderness.

It was just as empty on the earth,

As Exupéry flew West, or North.

Just as now, the air held falling leaves,

And the earth simply could not conceive:

How was she to live without him, while

He flew on,

Flew on, and the stars

Shone down, reaching out to him their tenderness

• Artist:Maya Kristalinskaya