Dark Night

Dark night, only bullets whistle across the steppe
Only the wind hums in the wires, the stars twinkle dimly
In the dark night you, my love, I know, do not sleep
And at the baby's crib you secretly wipe away a tear

How I love the depth of your gentle eyes
How I want to press my lips to them right now!
A dark night separates us, my love
And the disturbing, black steppe lay between us

I believe in you, my dear friend
This faith saved me from a bullet on a dark night
I am happy, I am calm in a mortal battle
I know you will meet me with love, no matter what happens to me

Death is not scary, we have encountered it more than once in the steppe
And now she's circling above me
You are waiting for me and you are not sleeping by the baby's crib
And that’s why I know: nothing will happen to me!