In the gray kingdom, in darkness and cold,
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In an arrogant city with pale flowers,
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Forever mired in disease and hunger,
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The trembling light of lightning, the night thunder roar.
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The empty palace room is stuffy with soot.
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The young prince is sad, a tear shines on the collar,
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Lips move, and it's not a matter of conscience,
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And in the meanness of the world, the light of candles dances in dull gold.
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What is heard in his whisper is a cry of despair,
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Hopelessness, like flying towards the abyss.
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The reason for this lies in the voice
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In a head-filling voice, a father's voice:
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There is no sun in the sky without clouds,
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“There are no princesses in the world - these are fairy tales for fools!
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And believe me - there is no God,
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Son, believe me, there is no God."
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And he believed.
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And then one night, which is darker than soot,
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He quietly left the castle past the sleeping guards,
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Violating the ban that the king gave the father,
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But it doesn't matter anymore, everything comes to an end.
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He walked along the wet streets away from the city,
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On withered grass, dead without the Sun, from hunger.
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Through the forest, which is blacker than the wing of a black crow
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Through the dense thicket, full of night rustles.
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Either a waking dream, everything swirled around, |
Either come to life in a dream, everything suddenly came to life,
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And like a dull fog filled the darkness,
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A voice familiar from childhood, a father's voice:
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There is no sun in the sky without clouds.
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“There are no princesses in the world - these are fairy tales for fools!
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And believe me - there is no God,
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Son, believe me, there is no God."
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And he fell asleep.
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And in the morning, under the canopy of an old oak,
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He woke up from an unfamiliar sound,
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From the wondrous singing of the birds that met the Sun
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And in the distance on a hill I saw a stranger.
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He came closer to him - and what does he see?
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Down there behind the hill, on the sunny plain
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With flowers in hands, with wreaths in blond hair,
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Girls walk on green meadows.
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“Tell me, traveler, old man, does it really happen,
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What do the dark clouds in the sky of the Sun not hide?
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And who are these virgins that walk in the meadows,
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So bright that the heart stops, melts?
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"Well, don't you see or don't you believe your eyes,
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That there is neither a cloud nor a cloud in a clear sky,
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And these virgins that weave flowers into braids
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All princesses" - so the old man answered the questions.
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“Listen, dear old man, please answer me:
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After all, if indeed all this is in the world, |
Does that mean God is somewhere?” |
The old man stroked his beard,
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He smiled: "I am God." |
And the prince returned:
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"Father, I saw the Sun in the sky without clouds,
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I saw princesses so beautiful that there are not enough words.
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Father, you know I saw God
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Father, I have spoken to God."
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But the king replied:
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"There is no sun in the sky without clouds,
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There are no princesses in the world - these are fairy tales for fools.
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And believe me - there is no God,
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Son, remember - there is no God, there is no God!"
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“Father, well, I saw everything with my own eyes,
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Just like I see you, I could touch with my hands,
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That foliage that grows under a clear sky,
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Elder God, princesses, beautiful, bright.
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“Tell me, son, did the old man stroke his beard?”
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The prince thought, remembered and answered: "I stroked"
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And the crown flashed with a red evil ruby,
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And the king laughed from the high throne.
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"This is a gesture of a magician, he tricked you,
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You wouldn't be in trouble if you listened to me."
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But these words flew after the prince,
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And a voice sounded in my head, loudly, loudly:
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There is no sun in the sky without clouds.
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“There are no princesses in the world - these are fairy tales for fools!
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And believe me - there is no God, |
Son, believe me, there is no God."
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And here he is in the meadow again,
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“Listen, old man, you won’t deceive me anymore,
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My father said who you are, you yourself know
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That there is no Sun in the sky without clouds,
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There are no princesses in the world and there are no Gods.
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You are just a magician, and everything that is around -
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Deception or magic is the work of your hands."
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And in the clear sky the birds frolicked cheerfully
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And the old man answered, so paternally, kindly:
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“Son, you’re in vain, because I didn’t deceive you,
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You yourself came - it means it's fate."
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Know that the Sun in your city shines brightly
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And it's full of princesses, even more beautiful than these."
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But your father, the king, cast a spell on his son
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And you don't see them, you look past."
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Then the bitterness of resentment squeezed the prince's chest,
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He said goodbye, set off on his way back.
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“Daddy, it turns out that you are not a king,
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And just a wizard. |
It's true?
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Just answer me honestly."
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Father looked away
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He bowed his head and said nothing,
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In response, stroking his beard.
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“Dad, that means the one in the meadow, God, and not a liar,
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Such a magician and he deceived you!
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And what will be left when the spell breaks? |
"And nothing will remain." - the Father answers.
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“But I don’t want to live like this, among deceit and lies.
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I want to die, order me to kill!”
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And death enters, and the prince trembled with fear.
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Death is already dragging the prince to the scaffold.
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And then he remembered
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Like a beautiful dream, that green meadow
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And everything that I saw on it
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And he shouted: “STOP! |
I can't die."
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"Let everything be as it is."
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"I'll live somehow."
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And death retreated at once, leaving the palace.
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And for the first time the father hugged his son tightly,
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And quietly, kindly said: “Son, you know,
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You, too, are about to become a magician!” |