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LIVE COALS' STORY

Light puffs of smoke
Stream above
Night silent forest,
Stream among
Slumbering tree-tops...
From a small opening,
Where so calmly...
A boy was sitting
By a burnt down fire.
He was looking on the live coals,
And they were breathing
With shades of red,
With shades of yellow...
And every shade was like a word
About bygone days...
About distant love...

Once he met a star baby
On a forest path.
A small smiling girl
With golden hair.
Her blue eyes
Looked at him
And asked for help:
Where am I?
Where is my home,
That looks like
A blossoming orchard,
Like the cheerful sun?
And he answered:
I know a such place,
Follow me!

They were going by a path
And the girl was singing
A strange song in her language:
Ai-la-la, ti-la-la
Sai-ho la-la
Ai-lo la-la!
And soon she noticed
That somebody's merry voice
Joins in her song.
O, no! That wasn't the boy.
He just was happy
Looking on her.
That was a stream's voice
That was running by them
Like a jolly puppy.

And then she saw this glade...
That was full of flowers,
Motley butterflies,
Honey aromas...
She laughed and started to dance!
Butterflies were whirling above,
Flowers where rocking underneath.
It seems like the Earth was playing
Her lost beautiful melody...

That day was just an instant.
And when the first star lighted
In the cloudless sky
She kissed him
And was gone...

But he believes
That One day
They met each other
And that summer sunny day
Will return again...
They will dance among
Rocking flowers
And whirling butterflies...

Hundred long years passed away...
He has remained the same boy...
Maybe her kiss was so magical?
Maybe his love was so intense?
The bonfire was burning down
And live coals were speaking...
The boy sighed and started a song,
Her song in that strange language:
Ai-la-la, ti-la-la
Sai-ho la-la
Ai-lo la-la...
Suddenly he noticed
That somebody's merry voice
Joins in the song.
O, no! That wasn't the live coals...
That was her starry voice!
He looked up and saw her...

They burst out laughing
And the forest echoed them
With enchanting music...

(C) Alexander Kalinkin

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