Above our submarine's black nose she rises - <br />That Venus, which is like no other star! <br />We men, long missing out on girls' caresses, <br />Await her like a woman from afar. <br /> <br />Like you, each day she rises slightly later, <br />And as the heavenly bodies rise and sink, <br />Some unexpected stars may rise beside her, <br />Much nearer to her than I like to think. <br /> <br />Their shameful glow betrays their cowardice; <br />Among such stars I never shall be found. <br />But they are there beside you in the heavens, <br />And I am here, forgotten on the ground. <br /> <br />I'll never say goodbye to earthly danger <br />To freeze in peace, as they do, in the sky. <br />Be like a shooting star - fall down from heaven! <br />Stretch out your arms to me on earth and fly! <br /> <br />In heaven they love women from ennui <br />And let them go in peace, without much woe. <br />Just fall into these earthly arms to me! <br />I'm not a star. I'll never let you go…<br /><br />Konstantin Mikhailovich Simonov<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/above-our-submarine-s-black-nose-she-rises/
